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average, are only about one-half as large as those of T. grandi- 

 floruvi and are rose-colored from the time they open. The 

 smaller flower and coloration are permanent features of this form 

 and therefore, it seems to me, it merits rank as a variety under T. 

 grandiflorinn ; this rank was given it in Vol. 2 of the Proceed- 

 ings of the Michigan Academy of Sciences. 



O. A. Farwell. 

 Herbarium, Parke, Davis & Co. 

 Detroit, Michigan. 



Lespedeza simulata in New Jersey. — Several years ago 

 Mr. B. F. Bush and myself in a paper on the Lespedezas of 

 Missouri (Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis I2 :" i8) described as 

 new Lespedeza simulata. The range of the species then known 

 to us was Missouri and Indian Territory. Later, Dr. Britton in 

 the appendix to the second edition of his Manual of the Flora of 

 the Northern States and Canada (p. 1068) extended the range of 

 the species to southern Pennsylvania, while Dr. Small in his 

 Flora of the Southeastern United States (p. 642) further extended 

 the range to Arkansas and Texas. 



Last year while botanizing late in the fall near Harworth, 

 Bergen County, New Jersey, I came across one plant of what 

 seemed to be this species. It was, however, in poor condition, 

 and accordingly I waited until this year to make certain of its 

 identity. This year the species was quite abundant in the 

 locality visited the previous year, and I secured a good series of 

 specimens. This New Jersey plant seems undoubtedly referable 

 to the above species, and is a pleasing addition to our local 

 flora. 



The plant occurs in an open rocky field with such plants as 

 Lespedeza capitata Michx., Solidago Jiincea Ait. and Solidago 

 7ieinoralis Ait. Being the only appressed-pubescent species with 

 purplish flowers on peduncles shorter than the leaves and having 

 sepals nearly as long as the pods, it is readily distinguished from 

 all other species of this genus. Although so widely distributed 

 it is either rare or often overlooked, as it seems to be compara- 

 tively little collected. I have never seen it in any other place in 

 New Jersey, and unfortunately it is liable to be soon killed in the 



