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Bartonia virginica (Linn). B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 1888- 



Found growing among moss in a peat bog near Zumbrota, 

 Goodhue county, Minn., (C. A. Ballard, Aug., 1892). 



Reported by Edmund P. Sheldon in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 

 20 : 286. 1893. 



Utricularia gibba Linn. Spec. 18. 1753. 



Found growing in the mud at the water's edge in Irving 

 Chase lake, Cass county, Minn., {Cornvay MacMillan and Ed- 

 mund P. Sheldon, Aug., 1890). 



Reported by Conway MacMillan in Bot. Gaz. 15 : 333. 1890. 



Aster lateriflorus (Linn). Britt. var thyrsoideus (A. 

 Gray) Sheld. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. '^0 : 288. 1893. 



A. diffuslis Ait. \Sir. thyrsoideus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 : 187. 1888. 



It is abundant near lakes Belmont and Eagle, in the Leaf 

 Hill district of Otter Tail county, Minn., (E. P. Sheldon, Aug. 

 1892). 



Reported by Edmund P. Sheldon in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 20: 



286. 1893. 



Aster incanopilosus (Lindl. ) Sheld. in Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club. 20 : 286. 1893. 



A. ramulosus Lindl. var. incanopilosics Lindl. in DC. Prodr. 5: 



243. 1836. 

 A. multiflorus Ait. var. commutatus T. and G. Fl. 2 : 124. 1841. 

 A. C9mmutatus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 : 185. 1888. 

 This large capitate species of the section Squarrosa is com- 

 mon on the dry prairie hills of Otter Tail county, Minn., {E. P. 

 S, Aug., 1892). 



Reported by Edmund P. Sheldon in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 

 20 : 286. 1893. 



Echinops sphaerocephalus Linn. Spec. 814. 1753. 



This European composite has been introduced in the neigh- 

 borhood of St. Anthony Park, Ramsey county, Minn., (Dr. 

 Otto LuQger, Sept.. 1891, and Oct., 1892). It is becoming thor- 

 oughly established. To my knowledge this is the first record- 

 ed occurrence of the plant in North America. 



Reported by Edmund P. Sheldon in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 26: 



287. 1893. 



