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Aetata spicata, L., var.; Arabis hirsiita, Scop.; Arenaria tateV- 



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z^ora, L. ; Ceaiiothtis ovatus, Desf. ; Astragalus glabriiisctilus^ 

 Gray (determined by Professor Porter) ; Potentilla Norvegicay 

 L. ; Saxifraga Jamesii^ Torrey (on high limestone ridges) : 

 Heuchera hispida^ Pursh ; Sanicula Marylandica^ L. ; Thaspuim 

 aiireunty Nutt. ; Aralia mcdicatilis, L, ; Ante7i?taria plantagini- 

 folia^ Hook, ; Troximon glaiicum, Nutt. ; Asclepias ovalifoliay 

 Dec. ; Veronica Americana^ Schwein. ; Dracocephahtm parvi- 

 Jlortim, Nutt. ; Lilium Philadelphicunt^ L, ; Smilacina stellata^ 

 Desf.; Smilax kerbacea^l^.^ var. pulveruie?ita, Gray; Cypripe- 

 dizim par viflorum^ SdXxsh. \ Maianthemtim Canadense^YyC^ and 

 a species of Sisyrinchium collected in fruit. 



Mr. E. E. Sterns read a paper upon '' The fruit of Calycan- 

 thtis,'' and some brief notes on Smilax pumila, Walt. He also 

 exhibited a nearly cylindrical mass of fibrous roots, about fifteen 

 inches in length, which had been taken from a four-inch drain 

 pipe five feet under ground, the entire mass having developed 

 from three roots o{ Pyrtts Japonica^ which had penetrated through 

 a crack in the pipe and completely choked it. He also showed a 

 number of Southern fruits, among them those of Ilex cassine ; 

 also / opaca, with extreme forms of leaves, among them those 

 with entire margins as figured in the BULLETIN, viii, p. 113, and 

 the fruit of the Sab at palmetto. 



DEATH OF DR. GRAY. 



It is with the deepest sorrow that we record the death 

 on Monday evening, January 30th, of our master and leader, 

 Professor AsA GRAY. Stricken with paralysis on the morn- 

 ing of Nov. 28th, he lingered between life and death, while 

 the hopes and prayers of all botanists went forth for his 

 restoration to health, though from the first it was under- 

 stood that all human effort to preserve his invaluable life 

 would be of no avail. To American Botany his loss 

 irreparable. 



