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7. Nitella mucronata, A. Br.—From Mr. Frost. 
8. Nitella gracilis, Sm.—From Mr. Frost. 
9, Nitella batrachosperma, A. Br.—From Mr. Frost. : 
10. Chara coronata, var. Schweinitzii, A. Br—I have gathered in New — 
Jersey, and have also received from Mr. Frost. ; 
Il, Chara crinita, Wallr.—-I gathered in 1869, in brackish water Mon- — 
tauk Point, L. I. I found only female specimens. Prof. Braun 
says it has not before been known from America, and that m 
Europe the male plants are exceedingly rare and in the Baltic — 
sea altogether wanting. He was interested in finding the next 
species mixed with it, as they are always associated in Europe. 
12. Chara aspera, Willd.—with the last. 
13. Chara fragilis, Desv. ( C. vulgaris, L.)—common in Litchfield Lake, 
Ct., and in various localities ; sent by Mr. Frost. 
M4. Chara gymnopus, var. elegans, A. Br., in litt.—found at Peekskill, — 
N. Y., by Mr. Le Roy. Prof. Braun says that it approaches — 
the var. trichacantha from Texas, 8S. C., and Florida. T.F.A. — 
16. Gnaphalium athette iors Mchx.—I have seen now and then in © 
Westchester Co., but I think not very abundantly. I think it pre-_ 
fers a barren limestone soil ; at least I have always seen it flourishing — 
best in such soil. = 
Senecio aureus, L.—not the luxuriant typical form, but two forms — 
rather depauperate, one of which I have marked var. Balsamit#, 
I have found in considerable quantities on Staten mee e 
L Bee. 
1j, Judge G. W. Clinton, of Buffalo, had recently occasion to 
appeal to the Post Master General in relation to the postage of bo- 
tanical specimens, and received the following decision. . 
ar. liberal construction of the 222d section of the postal law — 
would justify sending Botanical Cuttings at a lower rate of postage — 
than letter rates, viz, 2 cents for each four ounces or fraction — 
thereof, prepaid by stamps.” 
Of course the sender must vouch for their being no manuscript, — 
and fasten the bundle by strings, or, if pasted, leave the end open, — 
superscribing, ‘‘ Botanical specimens.” s 
8. Anthers of Lemn#.—That the two anthers should expand at — 
erent times is very natural, as they represent two distinct 
flowers ; that I always see: but I was sarprised to find always the 
anterior or first stamen developed in my specimens of Spirodela 
from Staten Island ; and now, since I learn that they were artifi- 
cially raised, I suggest a better explanation than my previous one, 
viz, that from want of vitality under the circumstances only oD 
the first one, opened. In Lemne collected out of doors, “wild 
find sometimes one, sometimes the other fully developed; and, 
the second or posterior one is just opening, the other is alway 
effate and elongated, a condition which I have never seen in th 
Spirodela. _ After shedding pollen the second also elongates, a8 
water Callitriches. It will be interesting to find what time in 
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