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Geo. Vasey regards this so-called species as a form of C sylvatica, 

 Huds,, (of Europe) ; but the latter is more than thrice as small, and 

 the perigynia are long-beaked. Mr. William Boott writes me that 

 C, SuUivantii and C. Knieskernii are one and the same. Is it pos- 

 sible to get any further light on this subject? 



Yonkers, N. Y. E. C. Howe. 



The Syracuse Botanical Club. — Since commencing our expedi- 

 tions this season we have made many new additions to our collec- 



if. 



Magnolia 



flowers ; Rhamnus catharticus^ L.; all of the maples given in Gray's 

 Manual ; Gymnodadus Canadensis^ Lam. ; Potentilla palustris^ Scop.; 

 Pyrus sambucifolia, Cham. & Schlecht, ; Amelanchier Canadensis^ 

 var. Botryapiiim, T. & G., a tree fully fifty feet high ; Chrysospleniiim 

 Americantim^ Schwein.; Oenothera puniila^ L.; Lonicera oblougifolia^ 

 Muhh, with pure white flowers; Viburnum nudum^ L.; Hieracium 

 aurantiaciim^ L., although an introduced plant, becoming very 

 common, even springing up in the flower-beds in our gardens, and 

 another introduced composite, Tragopogon pratensis^ L., bidding fair 

 to be as common along roadsides and in fields; Specidaria perfo- 

 liata^ A. DC; Kalmiq glauca. Ait., for the first time in flower; Hex 

 monticolaf^xz.^ \ Plantago lanceolata^ L., with hypertrophied compound 

 spikes; Me?iyanihes trifoliata^ L.; Myrica Gale^ L.; Betula pumila, 

 L.; many willows of whose species we are not as sure as we hope to 

 be; Zannichellia palustris^ L. ; Potamogeton crispus^ L., in fruit in Sen- 

 eca River; Scheuchzeria palustris^ L., in flower; Habenaria virescens^ 

 Spreng., sweet-scented, with the odor of clover; Smilacina irifolia, 

 Desf.; Ornithogaluni iimbellatum^ L., in bloom in the midst of Cicero 

 Swamp; Eriophorum vaginaUnn^ L., and E, gracile^ Koch., vdiX^.paii- 

 cinervium and brevifolium\ Car ex siccata^ Dew.; C Miihlenbergii^ 

 Schk.; C. stricta^ Lam.; C. crinita^ var. morbida^ Carey; C limosa^\^.\ 

 C. irrigua^ Smith; C ^r/V^^, Wahl.; C. debilis^ Michx.; C. riparia^ 

 Curtis; C. Pseudo-Cyperiis^ L., and C. htpuliformis^ SartwelK We have 

 just begun collecting Gramineae and Equisetaceae. One of our 

 members, Mrs. Leach, has at last discovered two stations for Ophio- 

 glosstim vidgatimi^ which had been found before in Onondaga County, 

 but not by any of the Syracuse Botanical Club. Most of our old 

 floral friends we have found ready to greet us whenever we have 

 visited their homes. 



Mary Olivia Rust. 



Correction. — In Mr. Greene's article in our February number, the word 

 •' leaves" (p. i6, gth line from bottom) should read "rays'" 



In Mr. Ravenel's note on page 23, ** just in leaf" (line 17) should read ** not 

 in leaf," and " eight feet" (line 20) should read "three feet." 



