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„ 130. Note on Salicornia.— As my observations of Salicornia 

 herbacea, L., and Salicortiia mucronaia, Lag., differ so materially from 

 thedescriptions given in Wood's Class Book of 1867, the only bo- 

 tanical work to which I have access, I will, although but an amateur 

 botanist at most, endeavor to make a few remarks thereon. Instead 

 of the herbacea flowering in August and the niucronaia in September, 

 as stated in the foregoing work, I find the mucronata now (August 

 8th) m full bloom, while the herbacea perhaps will not blossom till 

 September. Instead, also, of the mucronata turning red, as stated in 

 the above-named work, (while no such thing is mentioned of the 

 herbacea), I found about the 25th of September last that the spikes 

 of the herbacea were generally of a deep red color throughout, while 

 the mucronata was tmged but slightly, or sometimes not at all. In- 

 stead, also, of Long Island being the southern limit of the mucronata, 

 as stated by Wood, I find it growing in this county as mentioned in 

 my communication in the Bulletin of June last 



Messongo, Accomac Co., Va. Ellis Mears. 



131. New New York City Stalions.-An hour's exploration of 



L,roton Foint on the Hudson River, in company with Dr \ K 

 Fisher on July 24th last, revealed the following interesting plants 

 most of which give a rather southern character to the flora • 



Anemone cylindrica. Gray. A group of fruiting plants growing in 

 sandy soil near the shore. Heretofore there seems to have been no 

 authentic record of the occurrence of this plant within the limits of 

 the Torrey Club Catalogue ; 



Tephrosia Virginica V^r^.-, Lupinus perenms,U Cornus circi- 

 nata, L Her.; Eupatoriion sessili folium, L • 



bpfn^fhtr ""''S^fff^^^, M^- I. do not 'think that this plant has 

 before been reported within the limits of our Catalogue north of New 

 York City, but it was found at several places on Croton Point I 

 found a smgle plant m July at the locaHty, near King's Bridge dis- 

 covered several years ago by Mr. Leggett ; S » ^ ^ 

 _ Teucrium Canadense, L.; Ono^modimn Virginianum, DC a 

 single plant ; Pycnanthemum cUmpodioides, T. & G., a narrow-leaved 



obtusifolia 



ifolih 

 Kali 



ripedlum acaule Ait.; Zizania aquatica, L.,"'abundant and 'conspicu- 

 ous near the shore; Tricuspis seslerioides.l^oxx,, and specimens also 

 ot boltdago arguta were found in full flower at this date. 



E. P. Bicknell. 

 / ; '^^- ^w^"wu^-' Literature.- r/.. Botanical Collector's Hand- 



s"aMt"-:i^TV^ tTo?wh?c"^eVvr a ^Z^\^- •""^^' 

 March number, has at length mat its^^pp^^Uef ZTng\" Tof 

 the neat and useful publications which are from time tT tfme belnl 

 issued by Mr. Geo. A. Bates, under the title of '' Natlralisl"^ H^d? 



Tha t the " want of a manual," to use the author's words, " such 



