NOMENCLATORIAL NOTES ON CERTAIN AM. PLANTS 13! 
BRAXILIA MINOR (L.) House, comb. nov. 
Pyrola minor L. Sp. Pl. 396. 17538. 
Eraulebenia rosea (Smith) Opiz, 1. c. 
Amelia minor Alef., 1. c. 
Braxilia parvifolia Raf., 1. ¢. 
Common to the subarctic and northern boreal regions of 
Europe, Asia and America, reaching the eastern United 
States only in the northern portions of New England and 
Minnesota and extending southward into the high mountains 
of Colorado and California. 
Plants of Fargo, North Dakota, With Dates of Flowering. 
O. A. STEVENS 
(Continued from the last issue.) 
Typhaceae. Cattail Family. 
Typha latifolia 1. CAT-TAIL. 
Ditches and ponds. Common. June 20. 
Sparganiacea. Bur-reed Family. 
-—* 
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. BUR-REED. 
Ditches, sloughs and ponds. Common. June 20. 
Potamogetonaceae. Pond-weed Family. 
Potamogeton americanus Cham. & Schlect. 
* In water. Bergman and Stevens, rg1o. 
Potamogeton perfoliatus L. REDHEAD GRASS. 
In water. Bolley in 1891; L. R. Waldron in 1902. 
Potamogeton peciinatus 1. SAGO PONDWEED. 
In water of river. Common. Name from the tubers which are 
eaten by the wild ducks. 
Naiadaceae. Naias Family. 
Natas flexilis (Willd.) R. & S. 
Ponds. Collected by Lee, but specimen bears no date (No. 
1338) 
Cammelinaceae. Spiderwood Family. 
Tradescantia bracteata Small. SPIDERWORT. 
Prairie, fields, and especially in gravel along railroad. Common. 
May 30 (27). The record of 7. occidentalis is evidently an error, 
the specimen being 7. bracteata. 
