^oS TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



A. ovalifoli a, Decaisne in DC. Prod. viii. 

 Prairie; scarce. 



The following specimens are in the I. A. C. herbarium: "Ames — R. Burgess, 

 1S7S;" "Ames— II. A. Gossard, 1SS7;" "E. Ames— E. K. Paine, 1887." 



A. v erticill ata, L. Spec. 



Hanks and prairie; frequent. 

 A cerates Floridaua, (Lam).— Asclepias Floridana, Lam. Diet. i. 

 — Acerates longifolia, Ell. Sk. i. 



Prairie; southeastern part of Story county. 

 A. yiridiflora, (Raf.) Ell. Sk. i. — Asclcpias viridiflora, Raf. Med. 

 Rep. xi. 1807. (?) 



Prairie; not uncommon. 

 Var. lanceolata, (Ives) Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. l.—Asclepias Ian- 

 ceolata, Ives. Amer. Jour. Sci. iv. 1822. (?) 

 Prairie; infrequent. 



GENTIAN tCEJE. 



Gentiana crinita, Froel. Gent. 1796. 

 Swamps; rare. 



Near pump-house, and reported elsewhere. 



G. QUINQUEFOLIA, L./var. OCCIDENTALIS.— G. quinquefolia, Lam., 

 var. occidentalis, Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. I. 



Open woods ; not uncommon. 

 G. puberula, Michx. Fl. 



Prairie; infrequent. 

 G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Gent. 1839. 



Low ground ; not uncommon. 

 G. flavida, Gray, Amer. Jour. Sci. 2d s. i. 1846. — G. alba, Muhl. 

 Cat. 2d ed. v 



Low ground; infrequent. 



Along- the railroad east of Squaw creek bridge, and elsewhere. For note on no- 

 menclature see Porter, Torr. Hull. xvi. 1SS9. 



P OLEMONIA CEJE. 



Phlox maculataj L. Spec. 



Sloughs; scarce. 

 Near Shearer School. 



P. pilosa, L. Spec. 



Low prairie; abundant. 



P. divaricata, L. Spec. 



Woods; abundant. 

 Polkmonum REPTANS, L. Spec. 2d ed. (Syst. Nat. 10th ed. ex 

 Richter.) 



Rich woods: not uncommon. 

 Frequent along Skunk river north of Ai 



