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marshes, and P. major var. asiatica, occurring along river banks and in 
moist situations thruout Canada and the northern United States. 
The narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, is first recorded 
by Cutler® as not common in the meadows of New England. Bigelow? 
lists it as a common weed thruout the meadows of New England. 
Hitchcock” records it as prevalent in the meadows about Ambherst, 
Massachusetts. Oakes!! does not record it as present in Vermont, altho 
undoubtedly it must have reached southern Vermont at the date of his 
writing. The westward spread of P. lanceolata has been gradual and 
erratic. Hendrick” lists it from Onondaga County, New York, in 
1834 and 1835. It is reported by Dewey™ as being present in and about 
Rochester in 1841. Engelmann" does not record it as present in Illinois, 
tho only thirteen years later Lapham’ reports it as one of the common 
plants there; evidently its introduction into Illinois was very widespread, 
due, of course, to the rapid opening up of the State. Winchell'® observes 
that P. major is widespread in Michigan, whereas P. lanceolata is recorded 
from Ann Arbor only. Lapham" does not list P. lanceolata in his study 
of the flora of Wisconsin, and Upham! omits it from his list of the plants 
of Minnesota. Neither species is reported from central Colorado by 
Porter and Coulter’, and Rydberg?’ states that both species are rare 
in the Rocky Mountain region. It is interesting to note that both species 
are first recorded from Oregon in 1896 as occurring on the Lander experi- 
mental farm, both undoubtedly having been introduced. Since that time 
8 Cutler, Manasseh. An account of some of the vegetable productions, naturally growing in this part 
of America, botanically arranged. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Memoir 1:396-493. 1785. 
9See footnote no 5, page 721. 
10 Hitchock, Edward. Catalogue of plants, growing without cultivation. Jn Report on the geology, 
mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts, p. 599-651. 1833. 
11 See footnote no. 6, page 721. 
12 Hendrick, J. L. A catalogue of plants found growing chiefly in the vicinity of Onondaga Academy, 
collected during the summer of 1834 and 5. Regents Univ. State of New York. Ann. rept. 1837:182-188. 
1837. 
13 Dewey, Chester. Catalogue of plants, and their time of flowering, in and about the city of Rochester, 
for the year 1841. Regents Univ. State of New York. Ann. rept. 55:265-272. 1842. 
14 Engelmann, George. Catalogue of a collection of plants made in Illinois and Missouri, by Charles A. 
Geyer. Amer. journ. sci. and arts 1:46:94—-104. 1844. 
1s Lapham, I. A. Catalogue of the plants of the State of Illinois. Illinois State Agr. Soc. Trans. 
2:492-550. 1857. 
16 Winchell, N. H. Catalogue of phaenogamous and acrogenous plants found growing wild in the lower 
peninsula of Michigan and the islands at the head of Lake Huron. Michigan Geol. Survey. Bien. 
rept. prog. 1:245-330. 1861. 
17 Lapham, I. A. Plants of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Agr. Soc. Trans. 2 (1852):375-419. 1853. 
18 Upham, Warren. Catalogue of the flora of Minnesota, including its phaenogamous and vascular 
cryptogamous plants, indigenous, naturalized, and adventive. Minnesota Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey. 
Ann rept. 12 (1883)§:5-193. 1884. 
19 Porter, Thomas C., and Coulter, John M. Synopsis of the flora of Colorado. U.S. Geol. and Geog. 
Survey Terr. Misc. pub. 4:1-180. 1874. 
20 Rydberg, P. A. Flora of Colorado. Colorado Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 100:i-xxii, 1448. 1906. 
