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the statement in Gray's Manual, the plant is by no means rare). 

 Linnaeus did not mention the type of pubescence, and most subse- 

 quent authors merely specify "scabrous" or "roughish." Sprengel, 

 Syst. Veg. 3:122, describes Sida dioica as "S. herbacea hirsuta" 

 perhaps implying simple hairs. Since the simple-haired plant is 

 certainly present in the east it is taken as the typical form, and the 

 other here described as f. stellata. 



Two Mass Collections have been made, with upper and lower 

 leaves from a single plant in each clone. One from Cross Plains, 

 Wisconsin, consists of 12 pistillate plants and 2 staminate plants; 

 the other, from near Black Earth, shows 8 pistillate and 3 staminate 

 plants. These 25 individuals are all f. stellata, but this observation 

 does not imply that the two forms may not grow together in some 

 regions. 



The figure in Britton & Brown's illustrated Flora purporting 

 to illustrate Xapaea will look strange to anybody who is familiar 

 with the deeply 7-lobed leaf of that plant. Perusal of the material in 

 the New York Botanical Garden brought to light a specimen which 

 closely matched the drawing, and was obviously the original ; it is 

 Sida liennaphroditica. Since there seems to be no readily available 

 illustration of the very characteristic leaf of Napaea dioica, one is 

 here presented. 



AsARUM CANADENSE L., var. ACUMINATUM Ashe, f. Prattii, n.f., 

 calycibus viridibus non purpureis. — ^Wooded bank, Green Lake, 

 Wisconsin, May 20, 1938, C. H. Pratt & N. C. Fassett, no. 22001 

 (Type in Herb. Univ. of Wis.). This clone of Wild Ginger with 

 green flowers has been under observation by Mr. Pratt for several 

 yea'rs. It seems to be quite analagous to A. caudatum f. chloroleiicnm 

 Palmer in St. John, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 41 : 193. 1928. ^ 



Lathyrus japonicus Willd., var. glaber (Ser.) Fernald, f. 

 spectabilis n.f., corollis coccineis. — Cobblestone beach of Lake 

 Superior, 12 miles east of Grand Marais, j\Iinnesota, July 12, 1938, 

 .Y. C. Fassett & J. T. Curtis, no. 22000 (Type in Herb. Univ. of 

 Wis.). The deep crimson flowers of this plant were conspicuous 

 among the ordinary purple-flowered individuals of Beach Pea. 

 When pressed, they became a very deep blue. 



Zanthoxylum americanum Mill., f. impuniens, n.f., ramulis 

 inermis. — Three miles north of Wisconsin Dells, Juneau County, 



