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Chelone glabra, L., I have found with 5 perfect stamens, while other — 
flowers from the same plant exhibited the usual form. a 
Solidago lanceolata, 1, I have found growing in dry soil by the 
roadsides, while other plants collected from a salt marsh were far 
more strongly honey-scented und scarcely rough-pubescent except 
on the margins of the leaves. a 
Muhlenbergia diffusa, Schreber, I find aping the manners of I. Mex — 
icana, Trin., and becoming a weed of gardens, and near build- = 
ings. aoe 
Panicum proliferum, Lam., too, seems somewhat out of place m~ 
company with P. capillare, L., in a perfectly dry garden, although it 
made itself at home there. is 
Northville, L. I, : Henry W. Youss. — 
99, Yueea filamentosa, L.—Our correpondent, J. W. B., writes that 
on carefully examining what remain of his capsules of this plant, 2° — 
finds some of them perforated as described by Dr. Engelmann. 
93, Reassembling of the Club, Oct. 299th—Present: Messrs. Torrey, Le 
Roy, Allen, Bower, Hall, Hogg, Gerard, Leggett, Merriam, MeIntyr® 
Morris, Payne, Redfield, Ruger, Wilber, Wood. Among the visitors 
were Dr. Newberry and Messrs. Froebel, Neerbach, and T. Hogg: 3 
Dr. Torrey and Mr. Redfield had daring the summer recess visited 
the Western part of the Continent. One of the spoils brought back” 
was a gigantic Pterospora Andromedea, Nutt., over four feetin height. 
Dr. Newberry exhibited a fossil Onoclea, undistinguishable from % 
sensibilis, L., with the venation perfectly preserved. This specime? 
was from the Miocene of the Upper Missouri. Poe 
94, Exchanges—Mr. E. S. Miller, Wading River, Suffolk Co., N. V5 
wishes to exchange the plants of his region, particularly for North : 
American Ferns. ; 
TYPHACER. : 
Typha, Tourn.—t, latifolia, L.Marshes and pools, Torr. Cat. Closter 
common, Austin ; Glen Cove, Coles ; Westchester Co., P' ooley i 
Roy.—T. angustifolia, L.; similar situations, Torr. Cat. ; Aus 
Pooley ; I have never been able to satisfy myself that we hav? 
two species: the usual form in this vicinity answers to t. = 
gustifolia, and is quite common. W. H. L. Vid. State Flora. 
Sparganium, Tourn.—%, euryearpum, Engelm. ; Closter, common, Aue 
tin; Pleasant Valley, W. H. L. ; in ditches and small hpi ae 
Torr. Cat.—, simplex, Hudson: Var. Nutallii; Wading River, L.- 
Var.-androcladum; is apparently the prevailing form oD 
about the Island of New York. 
NATADACE. cca 
Naias, L —N, flexilis, Rostk.; rather common; Hackensack Rivet, 
Austin; Flushing, W. H. ZL. be 
Zannichellia, Micheli —Z. palustris, L.; Allerton’s 1861, Austin ; ditches 
New Durham, Austin; Var. peduneulata; Flushing, Ww. # 
- Lerms—One doliar for one copy ; five dollars for seven: and half a dollar for every 
copy, per annum. ; : 
Local Herbarium, 3, B. 33d St.—Rditor, 224, B. 10th St. — ig 
The Club meets regularly the last Tuesday of themonth in the Herbarium, Columbia College, a 
