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was established for the State of Indiana, and a board of Directors 
appointed to organize the survey and outline the preliminary 
work ordered by the Academy. 
It is the purpose of the Botanical Division during the present 
year to make such additions and corrections to the published 
“Catalogue of the Plants of Indiana” as are possible, and to se- 
cure definite information regarding the distribution of such rare 
forms as are there published. Specimens illustrating the distribu- 
tion or occurrence of any plant within the limits of the State must 
be deposited with the survey before any notice of their belonging 
to the State Flora can be published. This will insure the ability 
to verify in future any fact published by the survey. In sending 
Such material it is desirable that notes on the station, habitat, 
Fange and abundance of the plant be noted, together with any 
_ other information that will be of value. . 
In addition to the flowering plants and ferns covered in the 
above, it is the intention of the Division to commence the study 
of the distribution of the lower cryptogams, concerning which ~ 
almost nothing has been published from Indiana. While collec- 
tions will be made of all forms, special attention will be given at 
Present to the study of (1) Mosses, (2) Hepatice, and (3) Parasitic 
Fungi. Specimens are earnestly desired of all species, even those 
that are most common, from all portions of the State. It is desir- 
able to state with each species the data indicated above, with par- 
ticular reference to the habitat. In the case of parasitic fungi, it 
is necessary to indicate the host, and to include sufficient quantity 
of the host plant, that doubtful determinations may be verified. 
The Director has been promised the assistance of specialists in the 
Study of material accumulated. Prof. Lucien M. Underwood is 
the Director of this Division. 
A Monstrous Flower of Cypripedium arietinum.—During the 
early part of June of the present year, while visiting a newly- 
discovered locality for the rare Cypripedium arietinum, near Mt. 
Pleasant, Mich., Mr. H. T. Blodgett found a monstrous flower of 
the species, which he placed at my disposal for study. The flower 
Was not fully expanded when found, but the parts were fully grown | 
and soon unfolded. It was remarkable in having the side petals, 
_ Which are linear and of a brownish color in the normal flower, 
