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generally contents itself with pseudopodia and gemmae, Sphagnum 

 acutifolium in 1902, and Sphagnum cymbifolium in 1903. The 

 fruiting specimens of Sphagnum were in either case at the top of 

 large, compact tufts where conditions were slightly less moist. Of 

 the less common species of Sphagnum none appeared to be fructi- 

 fying. — A. LeRoy Andrews, West Virginia University, Morgan- 

 town. 



Spiranthes Grayi, nom. nov. About three years before the 

 publication of the fifth edition of "Grays' Manual," A. H. R. 

 Grisebach, in the " Flora of the British West Indian Islands " 

 described a new species of Spiranthes as S. simplex. In the fifth 

 edition of the "Manual" Asa Gray described under the same name 

 a new species, native to the United States. As the two species 

 described are distinct this duplication of specific names in the genus 

 is unfortunate and, in a broad sense, confusing, therefore, I propose 

 to call our native plant S. Grayi. — Oakes Ames. 



Vol. 6, no. 61., including pagcf ^--4 end plate jo was issued ^o January., 

 igo4. Mr. Fernald's article, Two Northeastern Allies of Salix lucida 

 [reprinted in advance) was issued 2g December, igo^. 



