268 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
Alnus mollis, Fernald. River banks, etc., at Lake Linden, 
No. 3083, August 24, 1912; Grosse Isle, No. 3364, Sept. 18, 
19S: 
Humulus Japonicus, Sieb. & Zucc. Waste grounds at Ma- 
rine City, No. 675514, August 29. 
Humulus Lupulus, L., var. neo-mexicanus, Nels. & Cockrl. 
H, Americanus, Nutt. Railroad banks near Whitmore Lake, 
No. 6772, September 5. This is plentiful along the shores of 
_ St. Clair River at Marine City. West of Ypsilanti, No. 6804, 
Sept. 12, 1923. . 
Rumex Patientia, L., var. Kurdicus, Boiss. This looked very 
much like R. crispus but the leaves were too large, their mar- 
gins were even, and their bases were acute. Ypsilanti, No. 
6807, September 19. 
Atriplex argentea, Nutt. This species of the western re- 
gions was found along the railway at Imlay City. An evident 
introduction by means of the railroad. No. 6688, August 15. 
Allionia Nyctaginia, Michx. Becoming frequent and widely 
spread through southeastern Michigan. Leaves broad, cord- 
ate or deltoid. Ypsilanti, No. 5252, June 15, 1919 and No. 
6805, Sept. 12, 1923; Rochester, Farwelland Walpole, No. 5391, _ 
Sept. 4, 1919; Romulus, Gladewitz and Farwell, No. 6170, June 
7, 1922; Oxford, Gladewitz and Farwell, Oct. 4, 1922 and Far- 
well, No 6680, Aug. 8, 1923; Imlay City, No. 6683a, Aug. 15; 
Ann Arbor, No. 6785, Sept. 12, 1923; Geddes, No. 6805, Sept. 
e923. 
Var. minor (Choisy) Farwell. Leaves much smaller, ovate- 
lonceolate to lanceolate, rounded to acute at base. Imlay City, 
No. 6683, Aug. 15; Ypsilanti, No. 6808, Sept. 19; Ann Arbor, 
No. 6787, Sept. 12, 1923; Pontiac, Farwell and Gladnuee No. 
6356, Aug. 16, 1922. 
Allionia Gladewitzii, n. sp. Similar to fie preceding but 
stem, branches, and inflorescence hirsute as in the next, the 
pubescence on the upper parts sometimes very glandular, 
sometimes glandless. Leaves varying from broadly obovate 
to broadly ovate, ovate-lanceolate, and oblong (2 to 7 cm long 
by 2 to 5 em wide), obtuse, glabrous, thick and fleshy, entire or 
nearly so and more or less ciliate, subcordate, rounded or nar- 
