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the North American Flora. It is published as No. 18 of the “Pro- 
fessional Papers of the Engineer Department, U. S. Army,” under 
the direction of Maj.-Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. 
The botanist of the expedition was Sereno Watson, who, with the 
assistance in special orders of Prof. Baton and others, is the 
author of this valuable report. There are many points of inter- 
est even to local botanists. The only one we have space to re- 
fer to isthe doubt indicated whether Lepidium intermedium, Gray, 
is distinet from ZL. ruderale, L. In Vol. I, $51, of the Bulletin we 
pomted out the resemblance of the embryos of the two forms, and 
the distinction that the cleft in the radical of L. intermedium was 
longer than in L. ruderale, so far as our specimens afforded an oppor- 
tunity of judging. 
3. The relations of botany to the earthly ring and to the zodiac 
may be read in Hearth and Home for Dec. 23d ult., and in the ob- 
servations of the agricultural astrologist quoted in the Jan. No. of 
the American Naturalist. 
6, Financial.—Subscriptions for 1872 are now due. 
7. Note on Catalogue—There is some uncertainty respecting the 
Specific distinctions in Amarantaceee and Polygonacee. 
_8, Marsilia quadrifolia, L.—As an acute Swiss naturalist has already 
discovered this plant in Fresh Pond, Cambridge, it is well to put it 
on record that the plant has been introduced there by Mr. Gueri- 
neau, our Gardener, and that it is becoming well established. The 
Stock was originally from the American station, Lake Bantam, 
Litchfield, Connecticut, sent by Dr. Allen. Asa Gray. 
ATRIPLEX, Tourn.—A, patula, L. ; common ; N. Y. ; rare about Clos- 
ter, very common in Orange Co., Austin: the more common 
Var. hastata; everywhere about N. Y.: the nearest approach to 
Var. littoralis, I have found at Communipaw, W. H. L.—A, are- - 
naria, Nutt. ; rather common on the shores adjacent to N. at 
Glen Cove, Coles.—The A. rosea, ., mentioned in the addenda 
to the Manual, is to be looked for in our streets. 
SALICORNIA, Tourn.—S, herbacea, L. ; salt marshes, common, N. Y.— — aa 
S. Virginiea, L. ; Coney Island ; salt marshes, L. L., State Flora. 
—K, fruticosa, L.: Var. ambigua ; “New York, Muhi.; Long Branch, 
-J., Cooper,” Torr. Cat. ; Glen Cove and Rockaway beach, 
State Flora ; Coney Island, Allen. 3 
SUEDA, Forksal.—S, maritima, Dumortier ; common in salt marshes ; 
N. Y, 
SALSOLA, L.—f, kali, L. ; common ; N. Y.; Yonkers, Pooley ; Sing 
Sing, Tarrytown, Hall. 
AMARANTACEE. 4 
AMARANTUS, Tourn.—A, panieulatus, L. ; along the Kingsbridge road, 
near the upper end, or, at least, a form of Amarantus belonging y 
to this section, with flowers strongly tinged with red, and nu- — 
merous and rather slender spikes.—A. retroflexus, L. ; very com- 
mon, with variations that need examination, one of which 
