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a new species, therefore these suggestions to all who take up the 
study of the Desmids. Do not be disturbed at the seeming incor- 
rectness of the author; neither be too highly elated at the pros- 
pect of something new. If on the first examination of a plant it 
does not agree in every particular with the diagnosis, or with 
_ the illustrations, find another and another; soon the apparent 
differences may entirely disappear. 
Notes on the Flora of the Hudson Highlands. 
Seeing by a recent note in the BULLETIN that plants found 
in the Hudson Highlands are of interest, I send herewith a list, 
partly the result of my own gathering, partly made up from my 
father’s notes, made in the vicinity of West Point. 
Clematis verticillaris, D. C., among the rocks between Fort 
Putnam and peat bog, April 29, 1845, J. W. B.; Ranunculus 
sceleratus, L., J. W. B.; R. fascicularis, Muhl., spur of Crow’s 
Nest, April, 1831, J. W. B.; Zhalictrum dioicum, L., April 3, 
1831, J. W. B.; Caulophyllum thalictroides, Michx., ravine on 
> Crow’s Nest, J. W. B.; Adlumia cirrhosa, Raf., Crow’s Nest, 
J. W. B.; Avabis lyrata, L., all about Fort Putnam, 1879; 
Polanisia graveolens, Raf., Washington’s Valley, July 27, 1831, 
J. W. B.; Hibiscus Moscheutos, L., near river, J. W. B.; Zi ephro- 
sia Virginiana, Pers., J. W. B.; Vicia tetrasperma, Loisel., 
thicket on the north of Gee’s Point, 1830, J. W. B.; Acer Penn- 
sylvanicum, L., common at West Point; Viburnum lantanoides, 
Michx., top of Crow’s Nest, 1879; Triosteum perfoliatum, L., 
August 22, 1831, J. W. B.; Eupatorium sessilifolium, L., August 
23, 1835, J. W. B.; Solidago latifolia, L., ravine on Crow’s 
Nest, and at Kosciusko’s garden, 1830; Xanthium strumarium, 
L., swamp below Kosciusko’s garden, 1828, J. W. B.; Bidens 
bipinnata, L., Chain Battery, 1879; Cichorium Intybus, L., on 
road to south wharf, 1879; Lobelia Dortmanna, L., Kronket’s 
Pickerel Pond, September 10, 1831, J. W. B.; Campanula 
rotundifolia, L., top of Crow’s Nest, 1879; Epigea repens, L.; 
Anagallis arvensis, L.,Washington’s Valley, September 3, 1831, 
J. W. B.;  Asclepias quadrifolia, L., and A. verticillata, L., 
J. W. B.; Echium vulgare, L,, Gee’s Point,..J. \W. Bis it-also 
grows on the road to the new railway station; Scrophularia 
