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the entire flora of the State. It is to be hoped that she will not only 

 be able to complete her '' labor of love " but that it may some day be 

 placed where it will remain as a monument to her untiring industry 

 and love for the wild plants of her native State. 



Abnormal Botrycltium 7natricariaefolmnL—\N\i\\t looking over 

 some duplicates recently I came across a specimen of this fern with 

 a fertile branch growing out from the stipes about i inch from its 

 base. The branch had grown out in such a manner as to cause the 

 stipes to diverge from its proper perpendicular course, and to form a 

 curve which gave it the appearance of being forked, 



Medford, Mass., Tan. 12th. 1882. 



Large Grape-Vines,— In the January Bulletin, Prof. Bessey gives 

 the measurement of a grape-vine in Wayne Co,, Ohio, (supposed to 

 be V. Labruscd) of thirty-seven inches in circumference at four feet 

 from the ground. In March last, whilst in Darien, Ga., I rode out to 

 Baisden's Bluff on the coast, some twelve miles N. E. of Darien to see 

 a celebrated grape-vine. It was just in leaf, but from the wood and 

 bark I judged it to be V, aestivalis. It grew near to (touching) a 

 large water-oak, and the large trunks clambered up to the top of the 

 tree. I measured it at eight feet from the ground, and found it 

 forty-four inches in circumference. I also measured, in the streets of 

 Darien, two large live oaks, one giving a circumference of twenty-one 

 feet, at three feet from the ground, and the other, eighteen feet at the 

 same distance. I also measured two trees oi Melia azedarach (pride 

 of India) one eleven and a half feet, the other nine" and a half feet, 

 both taken about three feet from the ground. This exotic is a fast 

 grower but the large size proves that this tree must have been intro- 

 duced in the early settlement of the State. 



Aiken, S C H. W. Ravenel. 



Notes on the Flora of Newport, R. I.— During the past season I have 

 found a few interesting plants at Newport, R. I. A small patch of 

 Rhinanthus Crista-galli grows in a swamp about a mile S. W. of the 

 city. It was probably introduced here. 



Epilobium litrsutum, Z., is not uncommon in waste ground sur- 

 rounding dwellings. 



Genista tinctoria, L., occurs sparingly on some rocky hills, and 

 Trifolium hybridum, L., in fields near the sea-shore. Iris Vtrgtmca 

 L., grows abundantly in swamps. Alop€Curu9 geniculatus, L., and 

 Leontodon autumnale, L., are found everywhere. Hydroctyle umbel- 

 lata, L., grows in shallow water on the border of Lily Pond. 

 Bromus mollis, L., is found in great abundance in a piece of ground 

 near Bellevue Avenue. It grows in such profusion that at a distance 

 it might be taken for a field of grain. The following species also 

 occur here : Potentilla anserina, L,, Glyceria acutiflora, Torr., Pha- 

 laris Canariensis, L., Bromus tectorum, L., Galinsoga parviflora, Cav., 

 Centaurea nigra,, L., Clethra alnifolia., L., Euphorbia Peplus, L., 

 Triglochin mariiimum^ L., Arethusa bulbosa, L., Habenaria lacera, 



