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Il. Solidago elliptica, Ait.—John Carey wrote me, years ago, that he J 
. found this growing in the Hackensack meadows, near N. Y. : 
8. T. Orney, =] 
Carex subulata, Michx—John Carey cites in Gray’s Manual, ed. 1, 
1848, Long Island. He wrote that Long Island should have — 
been Rhode Island. Torrey in N. Y. State Flora, IL, 392, also — 
cites “ deep cedar swamps, Long Island” for this species. There 
are no specimens in his Herbarium from Long Island: there — 
aré from Rhode Island. Is it a LongIsland species? §.T.0. — 
Mr. Olney has kindly sent us specimens of Solidago elliptica from ; 
Rhode Island, and extends the offer of the like liberality to others — 
of the club, as far as his supply of specimens permits. We were — 
surprised at the appearance of the leaves, which, without the : 
hairiness, have the general aspect of those of S. altissima; the pa 
nicle is narrow, like that of S neglecta. Tt has probably been mis- — 
taken for the former, and may be found again in this region. We 
have Carex subulata from Staten Island. 
2, Spirodela—Prof. Hegelmaier writes, in reference to “Dr. 
- Engelmann’s full and exact analysis of the American Spirodela it 
think it, would be very superfluous on my part to give a descrip- — 
tion, which would be in a great measure a mere repetition of his — 
words. An article respecting some anatomical details, which can — 
not well be treated without a greater lithographic plate, it would 4 
perhaps be best to give to the Botanische Zeitung.” y 
“In the dried specimens first received, the ovary was always — 
1-ovuled, with one exception in which it was 2-ovuled. In the Bpe- 
cimens preserved in alcohol, I found almost the half of the ovaries — 
2-ovuled. Probably the latter specimens have been collected some — 
time after the former ones, and the ovules from some unknown — 
cause have failed in the first period of the blossom. [The alcoholi¢ © 
specimens were gathered later, and allowed to mature in the house.] 
In one case even a half ripe fruit contained two young but well de- 
veloped seeds, and there is little doubt that they were both upot 
the point of ripening. It is hardly necessary to remark, that these 
facts confirm the opinion already expressed by Dr. E., that the 
plant is a depauperated form of S. polyrrhiza.” fie 
“The exostome of the ovules does not seem to me to be closed 
at the time of blossoming, but to be open as far as in the species 
of Lemna whose ovules are anatropous or hemianatropous. Na- 
turally, after the fecundation, the outer integument increases quick- 
ly so as to close the micropyle. The epidermis of the anthers col- 
tains a number of cells filled with the same pigment which occurs 
in certain cells of many parts of these plants. 
Tiibingen, Jan. 17th, 1871.” 
13. Notice to Correspondents—We are in want of rts from Closter 
New York, and other quarters. mats we 
_ Terms—One dollar for one ; five dolla Pe iti 
pict eo, copy ; fi we Sor seven; and half a grad heh cwale 
Leeal Herbarium, 3 E. 33d St—Belitor 224 B, 10th St. 
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