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ay as well be corrected here, so as to have it accurate. The types 
made me say ''just in leaf," instead of ** not in leaf," and also that 
the measurement was made at ''eight feet from ground " instead of 
"one foot." I stated that it being not in leaf (I visited it early in 
March) I had no means of ascertaining the species, but judged from 
the appearance of the trunk it was mstivalis, I obtained leaves dur- 
ing the past summer from a friend, and verified the fact of its being 
that species. 
But my object in this communication is to place on record the 
measurement of another and larger vine, probably the largest wild 
grape-vine known. 
During the past summer, by appointment of our State Commissioner 
of Agriculture, I had charge of the collections in the botanical depart- 
ment of our State exhibits for the New Orleans Exposition, includ- 
ing specimens of our native woods, grasses, etc. Having heard of a 
famous grape-vine in the lower part of the State, near the old Sheldon 
Church in Beaufort Co., I endeavored to procure a section of the 
trunk for the Exposition. The owner of the grounds, Mr. H. M. 
Fuller, was unwilling to cut it down, but gav^e the measurement as 
follows (I quote from his letter); ''At ground 59.5 inches circumfer- 
ence; at two and a half feet from ground, where it divides into two 
branches, 57.5 inches in circumference." 
If Mr. Fuller is correct in his measurement (and I have no reason 
to believe otherwise) this gives a diameter of nearly 20 inches, and 
the vine is probably the largest on record, 
I have requested a leaf to be sent to me, to ascertain the species, 
but have not received it, and I fear it is now too late in the season. 
Aiken, S. C. 
H. W. Ravenel. 
Bouteloua gracilis.— Two American botanists whose writings are 
frequently quoted have employed this name, Bouteloua gracilis^ 
in their published works and in both instances there has been 
a double error committed. In order that these errors may not 
be repeated in future works, I desire to call attenion to them and 
point out the correction. I may say that in both cases the grasses 
described under this name are referred to it with a query, '' Boute- 
loua gracilis, Hook.?", Vasey, in the Botany of Wheeler^s Report, 
page 287, is Bouteloua aristidoides^ Thurb. {Dinebra aristidoides, HB 
K., Eutriana aristidoides, Kth.) A South American species was pub- 
lished by J. D. Hooker (Acta Lin. Soc, xx., 173,) under the name of 
^i^triana gracilis, but no such species appeared by that author under 
Bouteloua, 
'^Bouteloua gracilis, HBK ?," Chapman, in Southern Flora, 
Suppl. p. 663, is Bouteloua hirsuta. Lag. The species intended by 
JDr. Chapman was, I doubt not, Chondrosium gracile of Humbold, 
^onpland and Kunth, to which the Florida specimens have some 
resemblance. These authors published no species undtr Bouteloua, 
F. Lamson Scribner. 
Droseraceae and Orchidaceae of Spruce Pond, N. Y. — Returning 
home on the 7th of July, 1884, from a botanical trip to New York, 
Staten and Long Islands, I heard on my arrival at Middletown, N. Y., 
