94 TIIF PLANT WORLD. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



While collecting plants near Lake Success, in the northwestern 

 part of Ijono- Island, on May tlie 5th, I found four specimens of 

 Ti'Uhiiii lun'tiinim L.. which had two flowerino; stems orowing from the 

 same rootst(.ck. Some of the plants were very large, with both of the 

 stems well developed, and each bearing a perfect flower. Can you 

 tell me if this is a common habit of this species? — Wm. L. Fishek. 



Notes on Texan Plants. 



The Painted Cup i^CasfUlc'ia KtRi^tVifoni) is found in al)undance 

 in April and May on sandy soil in Texas. Its brilliant scarlet 

 color attract all passers-by. To the botanist it is especially in- 

 teresting as it presents a peculiarity rarely met. The corolla is small, 

 and of a dull greenish color, while the calyx is brilliantly tipped with 

 a rich scarlet, and the floral leaves are similarly colored. The lower 

 floral leaves are only faintly tipped with color. This plant is an excel- 

 lent specimen to use as an object lesson to impress on young students 

 the derivation of all floral organs. Indeed, it may be that such a 

 plant first suggested the present accepted theor}' as to ihe origin of 

 flicae or(j<no<. 



On the black lands of Texas Ti'(i(h->«uiiifi<i lurghilea grows in 

 profusion on meadow lands. This spring I have noticed several groups 

 of another species growing alongside of the above, Tradef^eantlaerosea. 

 It is usually found in sandy nooks. — E. C. Lewis, For)iey^ 2<',r<i.s. 



This spring I saw an a1)normal flower that seemed especially in- 

 teresting, a specimen of Saxlf/ru/tf YJrf/iiilcn.slK with quite double 

 flowers closely resemljling the cultivated Acli'dh/a^ though the flowers 

 were not so large. It grew on the rocky l)lufi' of Barren River in 

 Warren County. Dr. Small, to whom I sent a flower, wrote that the 

 only other specimen that he knew of was collected many years ago on 

 the roc \y blufl' of the Delaware River l)elow Eastern, Pa. 



I have seen it mentioned that in Maryland the trumpet creeper 

 {Tecoma r<(dlc(in.s) is known as "cow-itch.'' That is the local name 

 for it in this part of Kentucky by the country })eople. In towns it is 

 generally called "Virginia Creeper.'' 



