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neighborhood of Break-neck Hill and the Harlem River, and — 
have had it brought me, as growing wild, from Staten Island, — 
but I-am not sure that these plants were other than wails, 
W. i de - 
BRUNELLA, Tourn.—B, vulgaris, L.; very common; N. Y¥. [Prof — 
‘- Goodale, Amer. Naturalist, July, 1871, thinks Ajuga reptans, L, — 
may sometimes be mistaken for this plant. | af 
SCUTELEARIA, L.—4. pilosa, Michx.; Long Island, Staten Island, New — 
Jersey, rather common; rare about Palisades, and Closter, Austin. — 
—N, integrifolia, L.; in Newark meadows, Eddy in Torr. Cat.; 
common at Closter, Austin ; also on Staten Island, and Long — 
Hill, N. J., W. H. L.; Long Branch, Ruger ; Babylon, Merriam ; 
Yonkers, Pooley.—f. galerieulata, L.; Long Island, Torr. Cat., 
Coles, Ruger; Weehawken, New Durham Swamp, W. H. L.;_ 
Closter, scarce, Austin ; Central Park, R. & P.; Yonkers, Pooley. — 
—4. lateriflora, L.; common ; N. Y. a 
52. Lolium perenne, L.—Within a few years this grass seems to have — 
become quite common. Nearly all the door yards on Murray Hill, 
at least, contain more or less, and many are completely filled with — 
it. The awnless variety is in the minority decidedly : my own front 
‘area came up thickly with the awned variety. The glume is not 
awned and only equals the lowest flower in length : the lower pale 
are all awned, the awns varying from a mere point to the length of a 
the flower. The spikelets contain a variable number of flowers, 
5—10, 7 being the average. a 
_ It would seem from the description that the length of the glume — 
‘is the only distinguishing mark between ZL. temulentum and L. pe-— 
renne. The grain of L. temulentum has been reputed poisonous, — 
but, according to H. Wagner, this is now contradicted by German — 
‘authors, who state that it is harmless, and that its suppo! 
poisonous properties depend on ergot that gets mixed with th 
grain, TT. FB. Ane.” 
53. White Strawberry—During a recent visit to the southern Adi 
rondack region, I noticed the white strawberry of which I send you 
a small specimen. It was past the fruiting season, and I found onl, 
two or three berries, but was told by people living in the vicinity 
that they had gathered a few quarts of the fruit this summer. It 
sce stated, also, that the berries were larger than the common red 
straw : 
__ The plant is easily recognized by the eye when growing amo! 
F. Virginiana, Ebrhart, being of a cot bee ce with, cae 
pened leaves bright yellow, while F. Virginiana has foliage of a blu 
or purple-green ripening to a bright dark red. The new variety! 
found mostly near to but not in the woods, and appears to be of 
shy and timid character, and in danger of being overrun and chok 
out by the rampant “ Reds.” | ae oo 
T have never before seen the common red strawberry in such 
gressive abundance as in the locality yisited by me. It forms 
thick turf over acres of land, to the exclusion of almost all 0 
vegetation except the red raspberry, which seems to be strugg! 
