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second all to 3.5 cm. long, and the outer all to 5 cm. long, both of 
these less hirsute and more foliaceous than the innermost series. 
Rays short and few, yellow, very pilose. 
This variety grows on dry plains, gravelly hills, etc., and can 
be found occasionally. The specimen just described was collected 
by the writer at Butte, Benson County, on August 27, 1909, at 
which late date the type of the species is usually altogether past 
flowering. Other specimens were found as early as July 20, the 
type even at this date being seen in an advanced fruiting stage. 
Fragaria ovalis quinata var. nov. 
Sub foliolis tribus solitis minora duo opposita petiolum exornant. 
Besides the usual 3 leaflets there exist further down on the 
petiole 2 smaller, opposite leaflets. 
Among the species occasionally at Leeds, Benson County. Col- 
lected by the writer on June 11, 1902. 
Fragaria platypetala quadrifolia var. nov. 
Folium in foliola quatuor verticillate divisum. 
Leaf divided in a whorl of 4 leaflets. 
Occasional with the type near St. John, in the Turtle Mountains 
of Rolette County, where it was collected by the writer on July 7, 
1910. 
Allionia decumbens assurgens var. nov. 
Caules 2-4 dm. alti, adscendentes vel erecti. 
Stems 2-4 dm. high, ascending or erect. 
Collected by the writer on July 2, 1911, in gravelly soil on the 
margin of the woodland at Pleasant Lake, Benson County. 
Sporobolus cryptandrus vaginatus var. nov. 
Paniculus contractus et vagina superiore fere omnino inclusus. 
Panicle contracted and almost wholly enclosed by the upper 
sheath. 
Collected by the writer on July 28, 1911, on bare, gravelly hill- 
sides at Pleasant Lake, Benson County. 
Actaea arguta alabastrina var. nov. 
Baccis albis. 
Berries white. "The plant grows freely mixed with the type, in 
the same kind of soil and with the same habitat, the berries are 
sphaerical or subsphaerical and, when full-grown, 8-10 mm. in 
diameter, and the only visible difference is their color, being bril- 
liantly cherry-red in the type, and just as brilliantly snow-white or 
