



PROCEEDINGS -2 



OF THE 



PROVIDENCE FRANKLIN SOCIETY. 



Vol. I. APRIL, 1846. No. I, 



Article I. — Rhode Island Plants, or additions and emenda- 

 tions to the Catalogue of Plants published by the Provi- 

 dence Franklin Society in March, 1845. By Stephen 

 T. Olnet. Read March 31, 1846. 



RANUNCULACE^. 

 No. 738. Anemone cylindrica, A. Gr. in Annals Lyceum 

 of Nat. Hist. 3. p. 321. Torr. $• Gr. Fl. I. p. 13. Smith- 

 field ! Cumberland ! and probably in many other parts of the 

 state. This species has been very strangely confounded with 

 A. Virginiana. It is readily distinguished by its wooly carpels 

 disposed in long cylindrical heads. 



CERATOPHYLLACE.E. 



739. Ceratophyllum echinatum, A. Gr. in Annals Lye. 

 of Nat. Hist. Torr. <$• Gr. Fl. I. p. 56. In a deep pond in 

 Cranston, R. I. ! I have followed the above authors but with 

 some doubts, as my fresh specimens resembled the only figure 

 of a ceratophyllum that I have seen, the C. dem/rsum of Lou. 

 Ency. p. 790. I 



CRUCIFER^]. 



740. Nasturtium palustre, D.C. pro. I. p. 137 Hook. 



FL Bor. Am. I. p. 39. Torr. $• Gr. Fl. I. p. 73. N. Provi- , 



dence ! The term glabris cannot be applied to the leaves of C*^/ 



the R. I. plant. ' 



741. Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. D.C. pro. I. p. 140. Hook. 

 Fl. Bor. Am. I. p. 39. Torr. fy Gr. FL I. p. 7B. Providence ! 

 Introduced and naturalized. 



742. Draba Caroliniana, Walt. D. C. pro. I. p. 171. 

 Torr. <$r Gr. FL I. p. 109. Sandy fields, Warwick, R. I. 1844 ! 

 Seekonk River, Mass. shore, 1845, Mr. George Hunt ! 





