264 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
21 Robin 27 Loon 
24 Goldfinch 31 Brown Creeper 
Total number of migrants seen, 55. 
SILENE CONICA IN MICHIGAN. 
By J. A. NIEUWLAND. 
As far as I have been able to find only two places in the region 
covered by Gray’s and Britton’s manuals have reported the presence 
of the European plant adventive to America. I have found the 
plant so well established near Stephensville, Mich., (Berrien Co.), 
as to be likely to become a more or less noxious weed. It was grow- 
ing abundantly in rather sandy well cultivated strawberry patches 
and along fences, about one and one half miles northwest of the 
village, about one mile from Lake Michigan itself and about 
five and one half or six miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan. As 
the plant at first sight seemed new to me I had gathered considerable 
material at the time. The specimens collected are No. 2713 of the 
University herbarium. Judging from the close aggregation of the 
plants, and the apparent health of the specimens, it would seem 
to be well adapted to the soil, and may become a weed that the 
farmer will have to reckon with if unchecked. 
SYNONYMY ALTERATIONS. 
Laciniaria scariosa media to replace L. scarvosa intermedia 
(Liatris untermedia Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 948). 
Laciniaria scariosa Nieuwlandi septentrionalis to replace L. 
scariosa Nieuwlandi borealis (Iiatris borealis Nutt. in Paxt. Mag. 
v.t. 27). And Laciniaria scariosa borealis (Nutt.), |. c., to replace 
L. scartosa virginiana. 
Leeds, North Dakota. 
May number of Midland Naturalist was published April 18, 1912. 
Pages 29-35 incl. with Plate I. of Vol. II., Am. Mid. Naturalist were 
published as a preliminary separate Jan. 41, I1QIT. 
