The American Midland Naturalist 
PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE UNIVERSITY 
OF NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA 
ViOlie VILE NOVEMBER, 1923. NO. 12 
Botanical Gleanings in Michigan. 
OLIVER ATKINS FARWELL 
The collecting season of 1923 was inaugurated May 2nd, by 
a trip to Wasnington, with the purpose of collecting the flow- 
ers of Tussilago Farfara; no evidence of them was discovered. 
The floral season was some three or four weeks later than 
tisual due to a cold and lingering winter, made prominent by a 
downfall of “the beautiful” to an extent of six inches on May 
the ninth. A trip to the Ohio border on May 30th was disap- 
pointing in its results; but on the Ohio side, near Alexis, were 
found the following :—Floerkea proserpinoides, Rubus pergra- 
tus, Gewm.vernum, Uraspermum aristatum var. villicaule, 
Thaspium barbinode and its var angustifoium. Mr. Billing- 
ton, of Detroit, and I were the guests of Prof. B. A. Walpole, 
of East Lansing, early in June and a very pleasant and profit- 
able trip was made to Grand Ledge. Among the interesting 
plants found there may be mentioned: Panicum Werneri, P. 
barbulatum, Poa sylvestris, Moehringia lateriflora, Isopyrum 
biternatum, and Primula Mistassinica. 
The Lotus, Nelumbo lutea, was found in abundance at Half- 
way Creek and the Michigan sector of Maumee Bay, a sta- 
tion not cited by Beal in the Michigan Flora. Not far away 
from this station Mr. Gladewitz gathered the only orchid Ble- 
phariglottis leucophea, seen on that trip (July 11). 
In what follows, where both the year and the name of the 
collector are not given, it is to be understood that Farwell and 
Gladewitz are the collectors for the year 1923. 
Juniperus Virginiana, L. The Red Cedar is scarce but well 
distributed; Ypsilanti, No. 86a, June 11, 1912; Rochester, No. 
86b, May 12, 1909; Parkedale, No. 3222, Oct. 27, 1912; Red- 
ford, No. 4741a, Oct. 14, 1917. 
