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APPENDIX. 



Since the date of the acknowledgments made on page 10, con- 

 tributions to this catalogue have been received from Mrs. C. L. 

 Herrick, of Minneapolis; Mr. A. W. Jones, of the state university; 

 Mr. W. H. Kelley, of Saint Paul; and Mr. 0. W. Oestlund, of Min- 

 neapolis. Three varieties of grasses, described by Dr. Vasey, are 

 first published, with his permission, on pages 161 and 172. Mr. 

 Kelley also supplied a copy of notes on the " Botany of Winona 

 county," by J. C. Norton, M. D., printed in the Winona Bepub- 

 ■lican, July 14 to Sept. 22, 1857, including a list of 211 species. 

 Several of these are accessions to the foregoing catalogue, while 

 for other species their known geographic range in this state is ex- 

 tended. Items from this source, and others sent by correspond- 

 ents too late for insertion in their regular places, are as follows: 



Nasturtium obtusum, Nutt. Water-Cress. 



Winona county, iVortoTi; Minnehaha falls, Miss Butler, South. 



•Cardamine rotundif'olia, Michx. (Including C. rhomboidea, var. purpurea, 

 Torr.) Mountain "Water-Cress. 

 Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. 



-Arabis petraea, Lam. Rock Cress. 



Winona county, Norton. [Ranging from southern Michigan to the sliQi-es of lake 

 Superior, Isle Royale, and far northward.] 



Hypericum perforatum, L. Common St. John^s-ivort. 

 Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. South. 



'Stellaria ulig-inosa, Murr, Swamp Stitchwort. 



Fond du Lac, at west end of lake Superior, Mrs. Herrick. North. 



Oassia Mary Ian dica, L. Wild Senna. 

 Winona county, Norton. Infrequent. South. 



•Cassia nictitan^ L. Wild Sensitive-Plant. 

 Lily lake, Stillwater, JWissBwiZer. Eare. South. 



J^.MMANNIA humilis, Michx, Ammannia. 

 Lake City, Giibson. Infrequent. South. 



Cornus florida, L. Flowering Dogwood. 



Upper Mississippi river, Garrison; northern Minnesota, Sargent's Catalogue of the 

 Forest Trees of N. A.; Ramsey county, Winchell. Rare. South. 



Xepachys columnaris , Torr. & Gray, var. pulcherriina, Torr. & Gray. 

 Lepachys. 

 Red river valley near Saint Vincent, Scott. West. [DifEers only in having a part 

 or even the whole upper face of the ray brown-purple ; varies southward into more 

 slender and branching forms, some with rays reduced to a quarter-inch. Qray's Syn- 

 optical Flora of N.A.} 



-Quercus nig^ra, L. Black Jack or Barren Oak. 



Southern Minnesota, Sargent's Catalogue of the Forest Trees of N. A. 



