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bomb went off with a force that must have carried it several feet 
away. 
The seed flies out of the base of the capsule, instead of the top, 
but its position on the plant makes that the top, as when ripe, the 
vessels hang with the true summit turned downward. 
I found tne seeds and empty seed vessels lodged all about on the 
branches. ‘The plants which have ripened seed, fall off nearly to- 
gether, those which have not blossomed, or have failed to be fertilized, 
probubly remain for another year. When the seeds are being sown, 
there must be quite a brisk bombardment going on for several days. 
Isolated colonies of Arceuthobium in forests may have been plant 
by seed adhering to the feet of birds. L. A. 
07. Suffolk County Plants.—I have found the following plants about, 
here this summer, Sarracenia purpurea, L., at River Head, Arabis per 
foliata, Lam., and Camelina sativa, Crantz., a single plant of each. ee 
Reseda Luteola, L., roadside, Mt. Sinai, L. I, with Mentha aquatica 
L., Var. crispa, Benth. Hudsonia ericoides, L, grows plentifully at 
Baiting Hollow ; Drosera filiformis, Raf., common, Hypericum Can 
adense L. Var. major, Gray, at Long Pond, Wading River, and . 
ward’s Pond, Middle Island. —Saginia procumbens, ,, very commoty 
Poiygala cruciata, L., and P. Nuttallii, Yorr. & Gray, are both come 
mon.—Desmodian laevigatum, DC., at Manor Station, L. I. RB. Rea 
Phaseolus helvolus, Lu. common, Galactia mollis, Mchx., I found one. 
elump ofat Long Pond.— Prunus Americana, Marshall, [have only met 
onece.—Aster spectabilis, Ait., and A. concolor, L:., both common. 
Gnaphalium purpureum, L., common.— Pyrola chlorantha, Swartz, Vay 
common in the pine woods.— Utricularia minor, L., and U. inter- 
media, Hayne, both growing ia a pool together. I ‘notice that 
these flower in May and the early part of June, while U. pump 
rea, Watt.; U. resupinata, Greene, U. inflata, Watt., U. gibba, L, 
U. vulgaris, L., U. cornuta, Mchx., and U. striata, Le Conte, @ — 
not flower until August. I find them all here. Polygonum Carey; 
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salt meadows.—Sayitlaria calycinu, Engelm., Var. spongiosa, which 
reported last year, proves to be S. graminea, Mchx.—Arethusa bul- 
bosa, L., common at River Head and Manor.—Cyperus erythro” 
hizos, Muhl., grows plentifully at Edward’s Pond, Middle Island.— 
Scirpus subterminalis, Torr., grows at Deep Pond, Wading Rivet 
Rhyncospora nitens, Gray, grows plentifully at Long Pond, with tbe 
typical form of R. macrostachya, Torr., the one I reported last year 
was the diffuse variety—Juncus pelocorpus, E, Meyer, grows very 
plentifully here.—-Sporobolus  serotinus, Gray, is very commo? | 
River Head.—Botrychium simplex, Hitch. sparingly at River Head 
Wading River, Dec. 5th, 1872. Exravu S. MuLber- 
Terms—One dollar for one copy; five dollars for seven; and half a dollar for every addi 
‘ copy, per annum, ‘ ; 
Local Herbarium, 3, B. 33d St—Editor, 224, B. 10th St. 
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