A REVISION OF KALM S HERBARIUM IN UPSALA 
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Vida americana Muhl. One specimen. Kalm has identified it with V. benghalensis 
L. and has written: »Grows among the corn at Willmingtown in New Sweden. Is in its 
best flower on June nth n. st.». 
Euphorbia Preslii Guss., probably. One specimen, identified by KALM with E. hype- 
ricifolia L. and said to grow in Pennsylvania. 
Rhus aromatica Ait. One specimen, on which nothing is written by Kalm. Thunb.: 
»Betula trifolia». Swartz in his Adnot. botan. 1829 has stated that B. triphylla Thunb. is 
Rh. aromatica Ait. 
Acer sacchai-um Marsh, see above under A. saccharinum. 
A. spicatum Lam. Two specimens. 1) with flowers, identified by Kalm with A. 
pensylvanicum L., with these notes: »Grows on slopes of hills and rivers in Canada and the 
northern part of the English Provinces. In flower about May 19th n. st.». 2) with fruit; 
on this Kalm has written nothing, but Thunb.: »A. rubrum». 
Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. et Gr. To this species belongs a specimen on which 
Kalm has written nothing, and Thunb. »Andromeda arborea?» 
Styrax america?ia Lam. One specimen on which Kalm has written nothing, and 
Thunb. »Vaccinium corymbosum». 
Scutellaria incana Muhl. To this species seems to belong a specimen on which 
Kalm has written: »S. foliis ovatis crenatis petiolatis. Flor. Canad. mss.» 
S. tiervosa Pursh. One specimen, identified by Kalm with S. integrifolia L., with 
these notes: »Grows in woods in N. Amer. Begins flowering in New Sweden at the end 
of May n. st.» 
Veronica americana Schwein. One specimen, which Kalm has identified with V. 
Beccabunga L., and Thunb. with V. Anagallis aquatica L. 
Galium triflorum MlCHX. One specimen, which Kalm has identified with Valantia 
Cruciata L., stating that it grows abundantly in the woods in N. America. 
Lobelia spicata Lam. One specimen, which Kalm has identified with L. inflata L., 
adding: »Grows on dry steep hillslopes in N. America frequently. Begins flowering in New 
Sweden at the beginning of June n. st.» 
Eiigeron, probably pulchellus MlCHX. One specimen. Kalm has written: »Aster 
hirsutus; caule simplicissimo; foliis radicalibus oblongis denticulatis petiolatis, caulinis 
oblongo-lanceolatis integris sessilibus. Aster Americ. vernus vulgo. Grows in good soil 
in woods and on woody hills in abundance in New Sweden. Begins flowering on April 
31st n. st. and, of all the N. American species of Aster, it is the one which begins first 
to bloom.» 
Beyond the species mentioned in this paper the collection mostly 
contains well known species, which it would be of little interest to enume¬ 
rate here. 
