tinctive name. In these islands, the oranges containing a smaller 
one within them, are termed pregnadoes, or pregnant fruit, and 
Ferrari (Hesperides) conveys this same idea in calling such fruits 
Setiferes. 
Moquin Tandon states, that three and even four fruits have been 
found enclosed, one within another, but does not name the kinds of 
fruit in which these unusual numbers have been noticed. 
There is an apple-tree in Pennsylvania, the fruit of which, when 
cut longitudinally, presents two sets of carpels, or cores, and is popu- 
larly known there as the “Two-storied Apple,” the extra set being 
above the other. This case is still different from the editor’s orange, 
or the “ Horned Orange.’’ The flower of this apple is apetalous by 
abortion, and bears upon the calyx tube a set of supernumerary 
carpels, which stand in place of the petals, and which in the de- 
velopement of the calyx-tube, to form the mass of the fruit, become 
involved by and imbedded in it. GEORGE THURBER. 
_ $172. Hypogaeous Fruiting in Callitriche.—The following 
communication was sent to me, as editor of the <merican Agricul- 
turist, for publication in that journal. As the observation, which, so 
so far as I can learn, is for the first time recorded, is of interest to 
botanists only, I requested the author, Doct. J. P. Joor, of Harris- 
burg, Texas, to allow me to transfer it to the BULLETIN, as it would 
here meet the eye of a much larger number of botanical readers. 
GEORGE THURBER. 
Callitriche Nuttaliit, Torr., a very diminutive, prostrate species, is 
not uncommon in the damp soils of South-Eastern Texas. It hugs 
the ground at all times very closely, and after a while appears to take 
root at every joint. The rooting I find, however, to be a mistake. 
The peduncles, two at each joint, are quite short at flowering time. 
After the flowers are fertilized, the peduncles lengthen, at the same 
time turning downwards, until the little nutlets, characteristic of the 
genus, are forced quite beneath the surface of the moist earth. If 
collected at this time, the peduncles appear like roots, bearing little 
tubers at their ends, 
Several of the Leguminosae, and some other plants, ripen their 
fruit under ground, but I have never seen any allusion to the same 
thing in Callitriche. _ Jb. 2. Joos, M.D. 
$ 173. The Tamarisk Naturalized.—Doct. J. F. Joor, Harris- 
burg, Texas, writes: “On a recent visit to Galveston, I found a 
Tamarisk, Zamarix Gallica (I think), growing on the island in the 
greatest profusion, along ditches, the borders of ponds, etc., and 
apparently perfectly naturalized. It is the only arborescent plant 
that seems to thrive on the island. 1 do not think it has before been 
reported as growing wild in the United States.” 
§ 174. Obituary.—Prof. Oran Wilkinson Morris, A.M., recently 
Librarian of Cooper Union, died on the 9th day of August, 1877, at the 
house of his son, Dr. Moreau Morris, in East 52d St., New York City. 
He was a lineal descendant of Richard Morris, who emigrated to 
this country from the West of England in company with John Win- 
throp and was an honored member of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. ae 
