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and the host, the author states that although very firmly attached, 
there is no actual interlacing of the tissues; and that in some in- 
stances, after maceration in water for a few days, the parasite could 
be separated from the host without much difficulty.” This accords 
pretty well with the appearance of a fine section of Phoradendron. 
Jlavescens and its host shown us by Dr. T. F. Allen.—2. Connecti- 
cut Valley Botanical Society. Zhe Springfield Republican, October 
12th, contains an account of an interesting meeting of this active 
Association at Mount Holyoke Seminary, October 6th, President 
W.S. Clark in the chair. Dr. Gray was present, and, among other 
things, explained why the keel of Apios tuberosa, Moench, is never 
coiled in an unvisited blossom, though coiled one turn after being 
rifled by bees; the tip at first being lodged in a little sac at the apex 
of the standard. The president spoke on the lifting power of plant- 
growth. He had seen a Black Birch in York, Me., which without 
doubt has lifted twenty tons of rock. Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, “ the 
discoverer of the new flume in the White Mountains,” sent speci- 
mens of Pinguicula vulgaris, L., discovered by him on Mt. Willard 
last July. Miss Hitchcock brought Asplenium Filix-femina, var. 
molle. Miss Shattuck reports Erythronium Americanum, Smith, as 
propagating itself chiefly by underground shoots, seldom flowering 
in that region. Thanks were voted to Prof. Tuckerman and Mr. 
Frost for the Catalogue of Amherst plants, and to the former for his 
liberality in the publication—3. American Journal of Seience 
and Arts, Nov. Dr. Gray has an article on ASstivation and its 
Terminology, and approves of the use of terms as follows: I. With 
some pieces of the set wholly exterior in the bud to others, imbri- 
cate. II. With each piece covered at one margin, and covering by 
the other, convolute. III. Witheach piece squarely abutting against 
its neighbors on either side, without overlapping, valvate. And a 
notice of W. T. Thistleton Dyer’s Classification and Seeual Repro- 
duction of Thallophytes with Sachs “ relegating to the past, Alga, 
Fungi aud Lichens,”’ as a classification. 
§ 65. Character-Plants of Western Nicaragua.—The uncultivated 
lands are mostly wooded, trees of the genéra Bombax and Plumieria 
and of the orders Anonacee, Sapotacez, and sub-order Cralpinex 
largely preponderating. The shores of Lake Nicaragua are lined with 
a coarse species of Mahogany, the branches of which all grow to the 
south-west, accommodating themselves to the prevailing N. E. Trades, 
In the swamps, Crescentia is the most characteristic tree, in the dry 
season (with the exception of a few thorny Acacias) often the sole 
representative of vegetation. The undergrowth of the woods con- 
sists largely of Mimosex and Bromeliacer. By the road sides, 
meres pulcherrima, Vinca rosea and other handsome Apocynaceze 
abound. 
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