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greatest number of buds and flowers on any one plant being eighteen. 



We now went on to the okl furnace. We did not stay here very 

 long, but went on to the little inlet, where we found a few specimens of 

 Sahhatia chloroides, Eryngium Virginianum, and Discopleura capillacea. 



It was now after six o'clock, so we wended our way slowly back to 

 the station. During the day sixty-eight different plants were found in 

 bloom. One of them, Clitoi'ia Mariana, was found very abundantly 

 and in a number of places, which was quite a contrast to the very few 

 plants found several years ago. 



On August 10th, just two weeks later, this locality was again vis- 

 ited. The plants of Marsilia quadrifoUa which were previously so full 

 of sporocarps, were now apparently destitute of them. But on closer 

 examination I saw the cause of this seeming scarcity, for that portion 

 of the rootstock which bore them was now entirely devoid of leaves, 

 and it required close observation to distinguish them from the brown 

 soil. They were then about ripe, for they burst open with only slight 

 pressure. 



