240 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



1299. Amstnckia intermedia F. & M.; DC. Prodr. X:ii7. 

 Gray, Bot, Calif. 1.525. Rugby (0. A. Stevens). 



884. Dracocephalum Nutiallii Britton. 

 895. Mentha glabrior (Hook.) Rydberg. 



1300. Scrophularia dakotana Lunell, sp. nov. 



Analytical Key. 



A. Leaf-blades hastately lobed at the base. 



B. Branches of the inflorescence densely glandular-pnberulent; 



upper lip of the corolla much shorter than the tube.. ..5. occidentalis 

 A. Leaf-blades not hastately lobed at the base. 



B. Branches of the inflorescence densely glandular- 

 puberulent; upper lip of the corolla only slightly 

 shorter than the tube _ 2. S. dakotana 



B. Branches of the inflorescence sparingly glandular-puber- 



ulent; upper lip of the corolla as long as the tube 3. 5. leporella 



Caulis perennis, robustus, quadrangularis, ^-2m. altus, inflorescentia 

 glandulari-puberulenta. Foliacate lanceolata vel ovata, bis serrata, acuta, 

 basi rotundata velc ordata neque hastate lobata, nervis subtus puberulentis, 

 praeterea glabra, 5-1 5cm. longa, 7 petiolis 1-2 em. longis. Calyx 3mm altus, 

 lobis i~5mm altis. Corolla purpureo-flavo-viridis, 11 mm. alta; tubus 6mm. 

 altus, calice duplo longior; labia gemina superiora 5mm. longa, erect, 

 oblonga; labia gemina lateralia erecta, inferius reflexum, 3mm. longua. 

 Stamen sterile glabrum, obscure viride, squama ovata obscure viridi latiore 

 quam longa ornatum. Capsula 3-7mm. longa, basi ovata conica. 



Stem perennial, stout, square-angled, ^-2m. high, glandular-puberulent 

 in the inflorescence. Leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate, doubly serrate, 

 acute, the base rounded or, in the larger leaves, cordate, not hastately lobed 

 at the base, puberulent on the nerves beneath, else glabrous, 5-15 cm. long, 

 on petioles 1-2 cm. long. The entire calyx 3mm. high, its lobes 1.5 mm. high. 

 Corolla purplish-yellowish-green, 11 mm. high; its tube 6mm. high, twice as 

 long as the calyx; its 2 upper lips 5mm long, erect, oblong, its 2 lateral 

 or lips erect, the lower one reflexed, 3mm. long. Sterile stamen glabrous, 

 dark green with a dark green ovoid scale, which is broader than long, 

 Capsule 3-7mm. long, conical with an ovoid base. 



Growing in high ground on prairies. Collected by the writer 

 at Leeds, Benson Co. 



1301. Pentatemon glaber Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:738. (1814). 

 N. D. ace. to Rydb. Fl. R. M. 769. 



1302. Agoseris scorzoneraefolia Greene, Pittonia 2-177. 

 (1891). Butte, Minnewaukan. 



997. Ambrosia elatior Linn. A. artemisiae folia a. Gray, not 

 Linn. 



1007. Vernonia corymbosa Schwein. V. fasciculata Coult. 

 not Michx. 



