20 Rhodora j [JANUARY 
the raceme is a corymbose cluster of sterile flowers on long, slender, 
(from the first) arcuate-ascending pedicels. The little aborted 
blossoms and the filiamentous pedicels are of a pale but bright violet 
—a striking contrast in color to that of the normal flowers. 
The small andrenid bees are frequent visitors at the fertile flowers 
and seed appears to set readily. Blossoms not fertilized soon dis- 
articulate from the pedicels and the sterile cluster withers up shortly 
after the fertile flowers have faded. 
The capsules, as they become yellow and dry in maturity, show 
handsome pinnate veining on each triangular valve. «They do not 
split very wide open and often retain the basal seeds for some little 
time— possibly even till the disintegration of the capsule. The seeds, 
black and roundish, appear to be viable to a goodly percentage, as 
seedlings in my garden testify. 
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
The date of the December issue (unpublished as this goes lo press) will be 
announced later. 
