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stems creeping in saline mud, the leaves being erect and fleshy club- 

 shaped bodies 2-8 cm. high. Lilaeopsis is one of these interesting 

 genera of a few closely related species and a raneje southward through 

 South America, but in the eastern hemisphere known only in Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand. But in case of the Tusket plant the usual 

 thrill of finding this unique little plant was intensified by the know- 

 ledge that it is an addition to the flora of Canada. 



Friday, the 16th, brought White in the morning by boat and Bean 

 in the afternoon by train and an appropriate initiation was provided 

 by setting them to work changing driers and "salivating" 1 specimens 

 preparatory to an early start next day on a long circuit, to see the 

 country along the southwest coast as far as Halifax and to explore 

 various spots already noted from there to Amherst on the New Bruns- 

 wick border, and westward into Annapolis County. The trip started 

 auspiciously on the 17th, with the party increased to seven, and, as 

 we watched the country from both sides of the train, we were "all 

 eyes," noting countless promising barrens, lake-shores and sands for 

 future exploration. 



(To be continued) 



SIUM SUAVE: A NEW AND AN OLD FORM. 



Norman C. Fassett. 



Sium suave Walt, forma fasciculatum, forma nova, repens vel 

 suberectum; foliis imis ad foliolum terminale solitarium 1-3 cm. 

 longum reductis, petiolis valde elongatis 1-2.5 dm. longis, foliis 

 caulinis plerisque secundariis etiam pinna solitaria terminale parva 

 (4-17 mm. longa) suborbiculari instructis in axillis primariis fas- 

 ciculatis a basi cormiforme ovoideo-subglobosa saepe 5 mm. diametro 

 orientibus. 



iThe "salivation" of specimens is a simple, but apparently not generally known, 

 method of securing superior results. In my own experience, at least, the method 

 originated impulsively at Carleton, Quebec, in July, 1904, when Collins, Pease and 

 I were distressed at the failure of flowers of Parnassia and leaves of Pinguicula to 

 stay opened out after the plants had received their first pressure. Impulsively 

 tearing off a bit of newspaper and moistening it with my tongue, I applied it to the 

 curling petals and leaves with the instant result that they were held closely to the 

 pressing paper. These bits of paper, promptly dubbed Salivatoks and when needed 

 in quantity moistened in a dish of water, are now considered indispensable by those 

 who have learned the trick and by their use nearly all obstinately curling portions 

 of a specimen can be held in place. The slips are left in press during successive 

 changes of driers and eventually flake off. A modification of the method is to moisten 

 a spot on the pressing sheet when the specimen is originally put in press and on this 

 wet spot tc spread out (up-side-down) the refractory petals or leaves. 



