236 | AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
Plantago major L, var. luxuriosa, var. nov. 
Planta luxuriosa, folia erecta, 7-11 nervata, late ovato-orbi- 
cularia, apice retuso et basi rotunda vel cordata, amplissima 
12-14 em. diametro, petioli lati et canaliculati, scapi erecti. 
Plant exuberant, leaves upright and 7-11-nerved, broadly 
ovate-orbicular, with obtuse apex and round or cordate base, 
the largest 12-14 cm. in diameter, petioles broad and chan- 
n low meadow land of the Turtle Mountains, N. Dakota, 
near St. John, July, 1910. ' 
Salicornia rubra A. Nels., var. prona var. nov. 
Planta ramosa, et rami fundum petentes. ; 
Profusely branched, and the branches bent down towards 
the ground. 
In saline soil, Devil's Lake, North Dakota, collected on 
August 18, 1910. 
Helianthus nitidus sp. nov. 
altus, in parte superiore ramosior, strigoso-pubescens apicem 
» versus, ceterum glabratus, saltem aetate. Folia splendide 
viridia, oblongo-ovata, 6-10 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, coriacea, © 
juxta basim 3-nervata, in caule breviter petiolata, in ramis ses- 
silia vel subsessilia, serrata, in lamina superiore scabra, in. 
lamina inferiore strigoso-tomentosa, capillis strigosis longiori- — | 
bus in nervis operta, superiora quidem basi abrupte contracta, E ee 
alterna vel opposita, inferiora basi angustata et opposita, — 
nonnumquam omnia vel nonnulla in tribus verticillata. Petioli 
paulum alati, marginibus ciliatis, partim amplectantes, inter. 
oppositos sicut connati. Involucra 3-5 cm. diametro, numer- 
osa. Bracteae involucri lanceolatae, lamina et margine infer 5 
iore ciliis longis, albis praetexta, margi e 
breviter ciliata. Flores ra 
lata. 
Plant with a fleshy, thick, perennial tuber-bearing rook - 3 
stock. Stem 6-10 dm. high, very much branched above, stri- 3 
gose-pubescent in the upper part, else glabrate, at least in age 
Leaves bright green, oblong-ovate, 6-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, —— 
on the |. 
veins, the upper alternate or opposite, abruptly contracted at 
. base, the lower opposite, narrowed at base; sometimes all Y m 
part of ies jenes are verticillate in 3's. Petioles pra 
 winged, with ciliate margins, partly clasping, somewhat con- 
. mate when the leaves are opposite. Heads 3-5 cm. in diameter, 
