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Sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller. Gard. Diet. ed. 7, (1759). 

 Lake Maxinkuckee, (Clarke). Nos. 11055 South Bend; 11117, 

 Notre Dame, Ind. (Not common). 



Bermudiana campestris (Bicknell). 



Sisyrinchium campestre Bicknell. Brittons Fl. N. States and 

 Canada, p. 286, (1901). 



U. N. D. Herb. No. 11033 South Bend, Ind.; Nos. 3231, 

 590, 2062, 11084 Notre Dame, Ind.; No. 9697 Dune Park [Lake 

 Co.]; No. 1 1006 Lydick [St. Joseph Co.]; No. no 16 Chain Lakes 

 ]St. Joseph Co.]; Nos. 11020, 11041 Webster's Crossing, N. of 

 Notre Dame, Ind.; No. 479 Big Four R. R. near Edwardsburg, 

 Mich. [Berrien Co. (Rather common.) 



Bermudiana graminea (Curtis). 



Sisyrinchium gramineum de Lamarck, Encyc. i, 458, (1787); 

 Curtis Bot. Mag. t. 464, (1799). 



Sisyrinchium graminoides Bicknell in Britton's Fl. 1. c. 



U. N. D. Herb. No. 9748K, Dune Park, Ind. [Lake Co.]; 

 No. 495 Edwardsburg, Mich. [Berrien Co.]; Nos. 2719, 2729, 

 2711 Stephensville, Mich. [Berrien Co.]; Nos. 2760, 498 (2), 597, 

 Notre Dame, Ind.; Michigan City [Laporte Co.], (C. D. Mell.); 

 Millers and Pine, Ind. [Lake Co.] (Umbach) ; Edgemoor Johnson. 



Bermudiana apiculata (Bicknell). 



Sisyrinchium apiculatum Bicknell, 1. c. 



No. 26, 4201, 1 1200 (3), 11201, Websters Crossing, N. of 

 Notre Dame, also 26a with white flowers; No. 3232 Notre Dame, 

 Ind.; Nos. 51, 9189 near Granger, Ind. [St. Joseph Co.] on the 

 Elkhart Co. boundary. The specimens in our region have also 

 decidedly pyrform capsules, some at times ovoid instead of 

 subglobose. The spathes are longer at times almost equalling 

 the flowers. 



Bermudiana apiculata var. mesochora Nwd. nov. var. 



Sisyrinchium apiculatum var. mesochorum Nwd. 



Type No. 11202 (2) U. N. D. Herbarium, collected at Webster's 

 Crossing, north of Notre Dame, Ind. Resembling the preceding 

 but a smaller plant, 13 cm. 38 cm. Stems 1.5-2 mm. wide about 

 twice as long as the leaves. Flowers dark violet drying purplish. 

 Spathes long acuminate Capsules subglobose 4-6 mm. long. 



