VOL. III. NOVEMBER, 1914. NO. 12 



amJrTcan midland 

 naturalist 



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CONTENTS 



New Species of Ranunculus Edward L. Greene 2,^,2, 



The Anatomy of Megalodonta Beckii A.V.Hoeck 336 



New Plants from North Dakota. — XII /. Lunell 342 



Notes on Our Local Plants. — IX /. .4. Nieuwland 346 



A New Antennaria B. F. Bush 352 



Notes on Hemerocallis A'. M. Crier 353 



Comparative Migration of Our Birds in Autumn 



Brother Alphonsus, C. S. ( '. 33 _s 



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