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Last spring I found a regular, spurless flower of Vio/a cucullata 

 with revolute petals ; and flowers cf V. rostrata with several spurs 

 were several times found. Wm.-Trelease. 



2, — Adventitious leaves on ^///vj^^/^^ra, L., are of common occur- 

 rence hereabouts, and this season more than usual; also occasionally 

 on Rhus copallina^ L. I have not observed them on any other species.* 



Anthoxanthum odoratum^ L. is common with adventitious leaves 

 in summer. 



Many plants have made a remarkable variation in their second, 

 or last growth, such as twin and branching or forking stems, 

 etc. A plant of Corallorhiza odontorhiza^ Nutt., threw up three 

 scapes from one root. But the most remarkable behavior is the 

 change in the flowers of Gratiola aurea^ Muhl., some being very 

 double, others having one flower set in another like a Pritmda, In 

 some cases one or two buds would grow out of a flower. I enclose 

 a few specimens I have at hand, not the most double. Thousands of 

 them are found on the edge of a pond. Erastus S. Wheeler. 

 Berlin, Mass. 



*[Mrs. Rust, of Syracuse, sends specimens oi Rhus typhhia^ L., in 

 which the flowers are replaced by leaves. Eds.] 



3. — Monstrous 



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Cook, of Strathroy, Canada, a fresh specimen, accompanied by an 

 excellent pencil sketch of a monstrous Fuchsia^ which shows the fol- 

 lowing changes : From the side of the ovary, near its base, there pro- 

 ceeds a perfect leaf ; the ovary is normal, but the calyx limb is five- 

 lobed, and there are but two petals. The stamens are eight in num- 

 ber ; one of them confluent with the margin of a petal, and an- 

 other haying a decidedly petaloid anther. The flattened pistil is co- 

 herent with the inner surface of the calyx tube throughout the whole 

 length of the latter, and its exposed portion is provided with a nar- 

 row, finely-serrated lamina which extends as far as the five stigmas. 



79. PineBarrenPlantsinRhodelsland.— I was much interested 



in Mr. Britton's article in the July number, on the Northward Ex- 

 tension of the New Jersey Pine Barrens Flora. We have a little piece 

 of that peculiar region in Southern Rhode Island. In his list I check 

 the following as certainly occurring with us : Hudsonia ericoides, L., 

 very abundant; Tephrosia Virginiana, Pers., frequent; Aster tmn- 

 ora/is,A\t] *A.concolor,l,; Chrysopsis falcafa.'EAl, db\^nAz.nV, Gaylus- 

 sacia dumosa, T. & Gr. ; Kalmia angiistifolia, L. ; Asclepias obtusifolia, 

 Michx.; Spiranthes simplex, Gray ; Xyris flexiwsa, Muhl. ; X. Caro- 

 liniana, Walt.; Glyceria obtusa, Trin.; Coreopsis rosea, Nutt., this year 

 superabundant ; Eupatorium hyssopifolium, L.; Aster spectabilis Ait • 

 Solidago puberula^^yxXX.; Cupressus thyoides,!..; Sporobolus serotinus, 

 Gray; and Lycopodinm ittundatum, L. I could add many peculiar 

 southern forms, like Lachnanthes, long ago found by Dr. Thurber and 

 mj^^fathcr at "Worden's Pond. I commend that locality, which is 



1- •** f'!'"^ ^V^^T'/^'^ ^''^^' '^ ^"^^ b^ remembered was also found within our 

 liniits last year by Prof, Sargent. ^ W W B 



