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LOBELIACE^. 
Lobelia spicata Lam. Variety, Mrtella Gray. North 
hill of the Lindly farm. June 17, 1892. 
ONAGRACE^. 
Gaura coccinea Nutt. A specimen of the Evening Prim- 
rose family. Growing along the line fence between the 
Morley and Lindly farms. September 21, 1890. 
CEnothera biennis L. Common Evening Primrose. Grow- 
ing along the Iowa Central railway in Patterson’s field, just 
east of Iowa Central station. September 14, 1890. 
PLANTAGINACE^. 
Flaniago major L. Common Plantain. Common along 
the wayside and near dwellings. July 16, 1899. 
POLYGONACE^. 
Polygonum dumetorum L. Climbing False Buckwheat. 
Hedge Bindweed. Knot Grass. August 11, 1890. 
PRIMULACE^. 
-Dodecatheon meadia L. American Cowslip. Shooting 
Star. Pride of Ohio. A member of the Primwort or 
Primrose family. Specimen from dooryard of Mr. Wait- 
man near Merrimac, in Jefferson township, on the edge of 
the Skunk River woods. June 5, 1892. 
Centunculus minimus L. False Pimpernel. Chaff weed. 
Found growing in low moisb ground in Lindly’s north 
pasture field. Not common. May, 1890. 
RANUNCULACE^. 
Anemonella thalictroides Spach. As named in Gray’s Man- 
ual. In Wood’s Botany it is called Anemone thalictroides 
L. Rue Anemone. One of the wind-flowers belonging to 
the Crowfoot family. Specimen from the woods on east 
side of Crooked creek just east Winfield, procured by Miss 
Katherine H. Pierce, in April 1892. 
