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in any of the more recent works, such as those of Macoun and 
Provancher ; and we are led to ask if this can be a recent intro- 
duction to our flora, or is it an old resident that has been wholly 
overlooked? The fact that it has not been found elsewhere in a 
district well known to local botanists, and that it occupies a very 
small tract, would seem to be opposed to the latter alternative. 
D. P. PENHALLOow. 
MonTREAL, October, 1893. 
Botanical Notes. 
Cohesion of the Filaments in Salix myrtilloides.—Dr. Masters, in 
his Vegetable Teratology, records two examples of the cohesion 
of stamens in the genus Sa/ir. He remarks, without mentioning 
the way in which the stamens are united, that this monstrosity 
exists normally in S. monandra. His other case is S. calyculata, 
in which Professor Anderson found the stamens joined so as to 
form a tube. 
While examining some specimens of 5S. 
myrtillodes, collected near Royal Oak, Oak- 
land county, Mich., by Dr. Wright, the fila- 
ments of all the stamens of the male flowers 
on one branch were found to be united for 
about two-thirds of their length, whence they 
separated and were developed in the usual 
manner. The accompanying figure shows 
two male flowers, the smaller one taken from 
anormal catkin of S. myrtilloides; the larger is from the speci- 
men referred to above and shows the filaments united as described. 
Joun K. SMALL. 
Notes on Cicuta maculata.*—Members of the Botanical Club 
are aware of the widespread belief that cultivated parsnip when 
running wild is supposed to be poisonous. This, I think, has been 
set at rest by Professor Power’s excellent investigation. Through 
Mr. Eugene Brown, a graduate of the Iowa Agricultural College, 
* Read by title before the Botanical Club, A. A. A. S. Madison meeting, August 
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