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mature ones is very suggestive. In doubtful cases Mr. Davenport 
finds with Milde that the size and marking of the spores is quite de- 
cisive. Mr. Davenport, in his examination of this genus, has arrived 
at other valuable results, some of which we hope to present in the 
next No.—2. Botanical Gazette: The January No., the first of Vol. 
IIL., will appear about the middle of December. Contribu- 
tions have been promised by many botanists of distinction, and, 
when needful, the leading articles will be illustrated. In the Sep- 
tember No. is a note on the natural grafting of Carpinus Americana 
on Fagus ferruginea. “The trees had started close together and 
had coalesced, their bark had become continuous, and below, where 
they fork, it is impossible to tell which is which.” We have noticed 
a similar case on Bergen Point, N. J., a young Carpinus apparently 
growing out from the trunk of a Fagus, not far above the ground. 
§ 203. Oswego Plants.—Last summer I found in “ Lily Marsh,” 
nine miles east of this city,’ in great quantity, an orchid, Zéstera 
australis, Lindl., new to our State and not before found north of 
New Jersey. In the same lgcality abounds the Spruce parasite, 
Arceuthobium pusillum, Peck, la. minutum, Englm.,jand Mabenaria 
leucophaea, Gray, the latter ,only found hitherto, in New York, by 
Mr. Hankensen, in the nedf Wayne Co. I found there also Spzran- 
_ thes Romanzoviana, Chamisso, and Pogonia verticillata, Nutt. — 
S Pogonia pendula, Vindl., grows abundantly in the woods north- 
east of the romantic Round Lake, near Fayetteville, Onondaga Co. 
Sypripedium spectabile, Swartz, is very common in the swamp, be- 
longing to Thomas Kingsford, next to the City limits. Rhyugosporaa 
macrostachya, Torr., | found five miles south-west of the City, on the 
border of Mud Lake—so far from the Atlantic! | 
J. HeRMAN WipBE, PH. Dr. 
St. PETER’s CHURCH, OSWEGO. mm 
$ 204. Shortia.—Dr. Gray believes in Shortia, but yet did not 
find it. We shall have to send a Dr. fresher from New York. 
§$ 205. Obituary.—Many of our readers will be shocked to hear 
of the sudden death of that most genial botanist, Mr. Henry D. 
Keeler, formerly of Mayport, Fla. About a year since, he removed 
to this city, having been offered a very eligible position. In August 
last he was devoting his vacation to a sort of botanical trip up the 
Connecticut valley. He had reached Branford Point, Conn., when 
he was taken suddenly and violently ill during the night, and, not- 
withstanding the best medical attendance and most careful nursing, 
lingered but a few days: His disease was paralysis of the bowels. 
He was in the zgth year of his age. 
§ 206, ErRRATUM.—§ Igo, Gentiana Andrewsii, four lines from end, for “ bet” 
read “not”, 
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