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Valley. By far the largest number of varieties of grape-vines now 
cultivated in our country are the offspring of this ‘species—a few 
produced by nursery men, but most of them picked up in the woods. 
IT. Grape-vines with (on the younger branches) firmly adhering 
bark, which only in the older stems scales off; aerial roots from tn- 
clined trunks in damp localities ; tendrils intermittent, simple ; ber- 
ries very large (7-10 lines thick), very few ina bunch, easily detach- 
ing themselves at maturity ; seeds with transverse wrinkles or shal- 
low grooves on both sides. ‘ 
9. V. vulpina, L. Southern Fox Grape, or Muscadine.—Low, or 
often climbing very high, with small (2, or, at most, 3 inches wide), 
rounded heart-shaped, firm and glossy dark green leaves, smooth, 
or rarely slightly hairy on the under side, with coarse and large. 
or broad and bluntish teeth. South from Maryland, Kentucky and 
Arkansas. Cultivated, especially the white Seappernong variety. 
§ 32. Club Investigations.—There have been three subjects pro- 
posed for investigation by the Club this year, viz.: 1. The plants 
that have a tendency to be evergreen in our climate, or to keep their 
leaves in whole or in part on into the winter. 2. The plants which 
conceal or protect the leaf-bud within the base of the petiole. 3. 
Carnivorous plants; it is conjectured that examination will disclose 
a number of plants that seem intended to do insects to death, Catch- 
flies and Robinia viscosa for example. The chairmen of the com- 
mittees are respectively E. S. Miller, of Wading River, Long Island, 
G. M. Wilber and W. H. Leggett, who may be addressed at 224, E. 
10thSt., New York. Communications on these subjects will be wel- 
comed by the committees. 
§ 83. Appirions AND Corrections For BoranicaL Direcrory. 
mis 
— Miss Cora H., Box 108, Jamaica Plain, 
ass. 
Farlow, Prof, Wm. G., Botanic Garden, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 
Febiger, Christian, Wilmington, New Castle 
Co.,Del. Microscopic Algae. Spec. Diatomacee. 
Forney, D. §., Allisonia, Pulaski Co.. Va. 
Friese, V.. Fort Defiance, New Mexico. 
ee Dr. A. P., Columbia, Lancaster Co., 
Be 
Greene, Rev. E. L., Georgetown, Col. 
Hervey, Rev. A. B., 10, N. Second St., Troy, 
N.Y. Alge Ex. 
Hyamus, M. E., Statesville, Indell Co., N. C. 
(Co * 
Klippart, John H , Columbus. Ohio. 
Loomis, Miss H. A., Oakland, Cal. Zz. 
§ 34. New Musci, 
. 
Mathews, Mrs. Maria D., Painesville. Ohio 
Merriam, Jas. S., 61 Liberty St., New York, 
Morong, Rev. Thos, Ipswich. Mass. 
Nevins, Rev. R. D , Baker City, Oregon. 
Preseott, Miss Lucinda T , Painesville, Ohio. 
Ridgway, ' obert, Mt. Carmel, TIl. 
Schneck, Dr. J.. Mt. Carmel, III. 
Shriver, Howard. hat ava Wythe Co., Va. 
Tallichet. H.. Wilmington, N.C. Living’Dio- 
nea and other insectivorous plants. 
Watson, Sereno, Cambridge, Mass. Omit Spec. 
Western, 
Wheeler, Chas. F., Hubbardston, Ionia Co., 
Mich. Ez. 
Wibhe, Rev. H., St. Peter’s Church, Oswego, 
N.Y. £2. 
. 
by C. F. Austin. : 
1. Ephemerum (Microm¢trium) Jamesii. n. sp.—Plantwe min- 
utissime, in prothallio byssoideo sparso persistente nidulantes, fere 
acaules, foliis erectis angustissimis 
lineali-subulatis attenuatis laxe 
textis serrato dentatis nervo indistincte superne notatis ; capsula 
inclusa minutissimé globosa 
ginulam breviter ovalem sessili cum pedi 
decidua, calyptra concentrica stylidiformi 
indistinctissime apiculata clausa in va- 
cello minutissimo nigro 
(basi vix expansa) cras- 
-siuscula vix +f; unc. longa apice infundibuliformi, sporis minutis 
