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side of the sepals and on the outer petals. And in this case, the 
peduncle is less downy than when the flower is pure white. I 
might multiply instances. 
The real rose-colored variety, if I am correct in my general sup- 
position, I remember to have seen in 1865, on the west side of the 
railroad track between Atsion and Shamong, in a hot tramp on the 
4th of July. All the petals were deeply colored with rose, and they 
were of the narrow sort, standing stiffly up in the middle of the 
flower, and the color deeper away from the centre of the flower. I 
have an impression, also, that I have seen the same variety from 
the car windows while passing on the same railroad, but would not 
make a certain statement. 
Not infrequently I have seen in hot-houses the purple-flowered 
nympheea, in large tanks. Its general appearance closely resembles 
that of the rose-colored variety, except that its flowers are nearly 
blue, while ours is much nearer red. I hope for some better infor- 
mation regarding our rose-colored variety. I. H. Haw. 
§ 36. Sarracenia purpurea, L.—In the American Journal tor Au- 
gust (which, owing to unavoldable delay, anticipates our July num- 
ber), Dr. Gray asks “observers to note whether any viscid secre- 
tion appears anywhere on the smooth portion, below the orifice of 
the pitcher,” of this plant. He would “expect the sugary secre- 
tion, if any, to appear only in warm weather.” We refer our read- 
ers for more details on this interesting subject to the note on page 
149 of the Journal. 
_ § 37. Juncus maritimus, Lam.—[In accordance with the follow- 
ing note, we find that we were in error in ascribing J. Remerianus 
to Coney Island. Our plant has the characters which Dr, Engelmann 
here points out as belonging to J. maritimus.] 
In your list of Junci of the New York flora, No. 6, p. 24, you 
mention J. Remerianus from Coney Island. Several years ago 
Professor Chas. H. Peck of Albany sent me the true J. maritimus 
Lam. as collected on that same island, in Sept., 1868, a oe 
which I had not before seen from any American locality. Have 
you compared your specimens from Coney Island well; are they 
really J. Remerianus, and do both species grow there? If not, 
what then is the limit of J. Remerianus? Besides the minute 
characters of the flower and fruit, they can be distinguished at 4 
distance by their habit and color. - J maritimus has a green con- 
tracted, J. Reemerianus a spreading brown panicle, and blooms, I 
believe, much earlier, G. ENGELMANN. | 
$38. Monstrou: Larch.—We noticed in Sullivan Co., this sum- 
mer, a tree of the Zaria Americana, Mch., from a majority of whose 
cones young branches were sprouting, the axis having taken on 4 
new growth. 3 
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