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CATALOGUE OF THE 



longifolia, L. 



N. 



Near Chicago, Babcock; Kankakee county, Hill. 



HYPERICACE.E. 



ISCYRUM 



Crux-Andrese, L. S. 



Washington county, French ; Union, Brendel. 



HYPERICUM 



pyramidatura, Ait. C. & N. 



Banks of streams. Menard county, (a single 

 plant.) Hall; Hancock. Mead: Peoria, Brendel; 



and northward. 



Kalmianum, L. 



Rare. 



N-E. 



prolificum, L. 



Common along lake shore about Chicago, flower- 

 ing from June to October, Babcock. 



c. & s. 



Dry banks of streams in Hancock county, Mead: 

 and southward. 



adpressum, Barton. S. 



St. C!air county, Brendel ; Wabash, Schneck. 



nudittoium, Michx. 



Low grounds. Cook and Lee counties, Vasey ; 

 and southward. Scarce. 



sphaerocarpon, Michx. 



Dry prairies and rocky hillsides, throughout the 

 State. Scarce. 



elliptic urn, Hook. 



St. Clair county, Brendel : Fulton, Wolf. 



perforatum,, L. 



Chicago, Babcock: Peoria, Brendel: Wabash 

 county, Schneck. Rare. 



corymbosum, Muhl. 



Damp places. Common. 



"There is a narrow-leaved variety" — Brendel. 



mutilum, L. 



Low grounds. Common. 



var. gymnanthum, Gray. 



Kankakee county, Hill; Hancock, Mead; Mason 

 and Menard, Bebb, Hall. Scarce. 



Canadense, L. 



Low grounds. Menard county. Hall : and north- 

 ward. 



var. major, Gray. 



With the typical form, Hancock county. Mead : 

 Kankakee, Hill : and northward. 



Sarothra, Michx. 



Sandy grounds. Frequent. 



E LODES 



Virginica, Nutt. 



Swamps. McHenry county, Vasey ; Peoria, 

 Brendel ; and southward. 



petiolata, Pnrsh. S. 



Wabash county, Schneck. 



ELATINACE.E. 



I ELATINE 



Americana, Arnott. C. 



Floating on the surface and rooting in the mar- 

 gin of a stagnant pond in Sangamon county, 

 Bebb ; Menard, Hall. 



BERGLTA 



Texan a, Seubert. 



"Diffusely branched from the base ; stems as- 

 cending, puberulent : leaves oblong-spatulate, 

 rather acute, serrate, tapering into a short petiole; 

 flowers on short pedicels, mostly solitary in the 

 axils. — Steins 6-10 in. high, glandular or hispid- 

 pubescent ; sepa's denticulate, exceeding the 

 narrowly oblong obtuse petals ; stamens 5 or 10 : 

 dehiscence septifragal, as in Elatine, the entire 

 septum remaining attached to the axis." — King's 

 Report, Vol. V. 



Southern Texas ; Nevada. Found in St. Clan- 

 county, two miles south of St. Louis, by Mr. H. 

 Eggert. — Engelmann. 



C A R YOPH YLL ACE M. 



SAPONARIA 



officinalis, L. 



Roadsides and waste places about gardens. 

 VACCARIA 



vulgaris, Host. 



In wheat fields, along railroads, &e. Scarce. 

 STLENE 



stellata, Ait. 



Woods. 



Common. 



nivea, DC. 



Sangamon county, Bebb ; Peoria, Brendel ; along 

 creeks in Hancock and Schuyler, Mead ; Ogle, 

 Bebb. Also along railroad in Henderson county, 

 and near Chicago, Babcock. Rare. 



Drummondii, T. & G. 



S. 



Marion and Washington counties. Bebb, French : 



I'd ion, Forbes. 



inflata, Smith. 



Occasionally found in wheat fields. 



regia, Sims. 



St. Clair county, Brendel. 



s. 



Rare. 



