a 
glands, would seem naturally to suggest some theoretical views — 
which may prove of use as a guide for future investigations. 4 
As the two styles in Apocynum and Asclepias are more or less 
distinct both above and below, and each of them belongs toasimple — 
pistil, it is not easy to account for a five angled stigma ‘with five — 
pairs of glands. But if, as De Candolle supposes, the diaphragm 
in Apocynum is an extension of the filaments which has beecme 
attached to and surrounds the styles, its fivefold character is readily : 
accounted for in Apocynum, and, in view of the close relationship 
of the Orders and the similarity of their fertilization, it would, per — 
haps, not be unreasonable to extend his supposition to what is called 
the peltate stigma of Asclepias. os 
It has been shown that the glands in Apocynnm arise in pals — 
from the middle of the lobe of the diaphragm, where it jos y 
filament. It is possible, therefore, that these glands are likewise 4 
modification of some organ of thestamen. Fach half stretches away 
from the point of origin of the pair towards the adjacent cell of ils — 
own anther, but 
merely a modification of the stamens, arising from the adhesion 0 
the latter to the style. 
two Orders is that it takes place in the upper instead of the lower : 
part of the organs. W. 4 fee 
4, Lygodium palmatum, Swartz.—I have found the beautiful Clim? : 
ing Fern growing in the drier parts of a sphagnum bog, some tay 
miles westerly from Mount Pleasant, which is a little southerly 
from Matawan, Monmouth Ve. Nod. Phe specimens were very 
fine and fall of fruit. S. Lockwoop. 
4. Aquilegia—In the Flowering Plants of Great Britain, by -_ 
Pratt, we find the following: “The French term this plat! 
L*Ancolie; and it is Der Ackeley of the Germans, The Italians 
call it Acguilezia.”” In the Penny Cyclopxdia we find: “Agua 
egta, literally the Watergatherer, because the leaves collect wate 
in their hollow.” A friend informs us that he has noticed this 
peculiarity, | eas i. 
6. Exehanges—J, W. Congdon of East Greenwich, R. I. desires 
make arrangements for exchange of collections to be made t 
following season, He will collect all the less common bp 
of Rhode Island, and of Northern Vermont, including the 
oughby plants, He has quite a number of them in hand 
