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the result of insect agency ? You will notice that each petal or 
sepal that is colored is divided into two tints by the mid-rib. 
Provipence, June 5th. W. W. Barrey. 
§ 33. Apocynum—No. 5.—I hope some of those who meet with 
A. androsemifolium this summer will make a microscopical 
examination of the buds to determine, if possible, the origin of the 
glands. Schleiden, in his Botanik, 1849, has already pointed out 
the true stigmatic portion of the style, of which he gives a drawing, 
and also of the glands, p. 494. He does not, however, seem to re- 
cognize the dual nature of the latter. In his view the stamen is 
attached to the style by a secretion of viscine from a tuft of hairs 
at the top of the filament, and, if I rightly apprehend him, the 
diaphragm is but the extension of the epidermis of the upper part 
of the style, upon which epidermis the gland lies, so that he recog- 
nizes the gland as distinct from the styles, and, indeed, supposes 
that, in Asclepiadacese, the glands originally pertained to the 
anthers, ibid. It will thus be seen that his observations in part 
anticipate my own. I did not meet with his notice of this plant till 
after [ had published my notes on the same subject. 
Schleiden also recognizes that the flower cannot fertilize itself, 
though he seems not to have known the modus operandi Dr. 
_ Darwin, in the Botanic Garden, a work which might almost be called 
@ necessary introduction to the writings of his distinguished grand- 
son, gives an outside report of the manner in which the anthers 
entrap flies, Vol. ZZ., p. 241, as does also Rafinesque in his Medical — 
Botany. I understand that Mr. C. F. Wheeler of Hubbardston, | 
Mich., was fortunate enough last summer frequently to find insects, 
Including some Lepidoptera, entrapped by this plant. w. H. L. - 
$ 34. New Localities.—Last spring we found the Trailing Arbutus 
(Epigzearepens) in the wood bordering the southern shore of the 
mouth of the Croton River, being the first specimens found in this 
region, DR. CU. J. FISHER. 
Sine Srive. ge A : 
Some years ago Prof. Thurber found Fedia olitoria, Vahl, at St. 
Ronan’s Well, near Flushing.—Mr. Miller discovered last year 
at Wading River, in a barley field, a patch of Mutricaria inodora, — 
L.—I have found this season Ranunculus multifidus, Pursh with | 
Amianthium, west of Hackensack, and Cynthia Virginica, Don, 
near Huguenot Station on the Staten Island R. R. w. a. L. 
LILIUM, L.—L. Philadelphicum, L.; N. Y.; Closter, common; — 
s Austin; Westchester Co,; Bergen Point; Chatham, N. d5. 
—L. Canadense, L.; Hoboken, Zorr. Cut. ; Closter, common, =~ 
Austin ; Chatham, N. J.; Glen Cove, Coles; Westchester Co 
—L. superbum, L.; Glen Cove, Coles; Astoria; Staten Island; 
Carlstadt ; New Durham, and Orange Co, &c , vot near Closter, 
Alustin. : iim ie 
ERYTHRONIUM, L.—E. Americanm Smith; common; ae EE 
_ ORNITHOGALUM, Tourn.—0. umbellatum, 1. ; Striker’s Bay, Ruger; 
Inwood, Ze Roy; Closter and Tappan, Austin ; Yonkers, Poo-— 
. 
ley ; abundant on Long Island, in the neighborhood of New- 
_ town, Flatbush, &c., and on Staten Island. — co 
