BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
New loealities.—The following are some localities for plants, not 
given in Gray’s Manual, 6th edition: 
Salsola kali tragus was first found and reported in Illinois, by myt 
self, at Polo, Aug. 14th. Since then I have found it at Oregon, Sa- 
vanna, and Chicago. Letters to the Experiment Station also give it 
as‘occurring at fourteen other places. At most places it was undoubt- 
one introduced by cattle trains from the north-west. So far it has 
(Satie only in the northern part of the state, and chiefly along 
thi ilroads. At Savanna, and possibly at some places in Chicago, 
is plant undoubtedly occurred last year, as two or three thousand 
plants were found. 
aN eR squarrosa is given as occurring at Evanston only, in this 
ae ie everal specimens of this were found by me at Polo, Oregon, 
rary anna. These towns are on the Chicago, Burlington and North- 
railroad, and the plants were undoubtedly introduced by that 
toad from the north. 
ig “seine few specimens of Solanum triflorum were dis 
Sod ot in the Manual as occurring 1n central Kansas an 
; a 1S was also introduced by the railroad. 
hex ee ores of what appears to be Verbascum mgru 
bi orn t . Experiment Station grounds at Champaign. This 
Tae ¢ through seed from Europe, as the plant is not given 
; as yet occurring in the United States.—G. P. CLINTON, 
paign, Tis. 
abhidamany Fungi—Uromyees minimus, n. sp.—Hypophy 
Bi ight brown, teleutosori black, oblong oF linear, 
covered. 
d west- 
m was 
prob- 
in the 
Cham- 
lous. — 
soon 
echinulate, 12-194 
smooth, spheroidal 
apex rounde 
thickened, the apical 
. 
hot seen e 
Strate e clsewhere, but no experiments have been 
8enetic relationship. 
