PLANTS FROM MINNESOTA 159 
Collected by the writer in dry soil at Leeds, Benson County, 
on August 25, 1907. An “artificial” form of this variety is pro- 
duced whenever the growth is arrested at the top of the plant. 
Leeds, North Dakota. 
NEW PLANTS FROM MINNESOTA—II. 
By J. LUNELL. 
Tradescantia ramifera Chandonnetii var. nov. 
Caules solitarii vel duo, gracillimi, internodis valde remotis 
(saepe 1.5 dm.). Bracteae plerumque 3. Semina formam mitrae 
habent, 2.5-3 mm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. lata, formae typicae haud , 
dissimilia. 
Stems solitary or two, very slender, distance between the inter- 
nodes very long (often 1.5 dm.). Bracts mostly 3. The seeds 
have the outline of a mitre, are 2.5-3 mm. long, and 1.5-2 mm. 
broad, and do not differ from those of the type. 
This variety, also resembling the type in the tendency towards 
repeated branching, was collected by Rev. Father Z. L. Chandonnet 
on the prairie of Perham, Ottertail County, Minn., on the 26th of 
June =191 1: 
Laciniaria scariosa var. 
Since the publication in this journal of my paper on varieties 
of Laciniaria scariosa in North Dakota I received from Rev. 
Father Z. L. Chandonnet of Perham, Minn., a fascinating set of 
Minnesota varieties belonging to this species, all the specimens 
‘having been collected by himself. The study of them 
caused me to recognize that they belong to a group essentially 
different from the group comprehending all the North Dakota 
varieties (except v. opima, which differs from its Minnesota kin 
only by its short and broad leaves). The new group has the 
following characters, and will be classified as 
Group IIl Stems 6-11 dm. high. Lower series of leaves 
long-petioled, mostly narrowly lanceolate, upper series linear or 
nearly so. Heads numerous, 20-90, or more, in a simple or branched 
raceme, occupying 1-3 to I-2 or sometimes even 4-5 of the whole 
stem, 
