24 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Pastinaca Sativa Pl'Oterandrous.— Umbelliferae are mostly 

 proterogynous, and so it was a matter of surprise to me to find an ex- 

 ception in our common Parsnip. The anthers discharge their pollen 

 very early and fall off while the rudimentary styles can be seen as mere 

 protuberances on the disk crowning the ovary. In time, the styles 

 lengthen, separate, the stigmas develop, and the flower is now capa- 

 ble ot being fertilized. This is accomplished by means of numerous 

 small coleoptera and other insects which frequent the plant. As the 

 plant is fertile with its own pollen, this arrangement must exist to pre- 

 vent excessive close breeding. — Aug. F. Foerste, Dayton, O. 



Malvastrum angustum in Ottawa, 111.— I have found 



Malvastrum angustum in Ottawa on Trenton limestone. The only local- 

 ity given in Gray's Manual is Rock Island, and Patterson says, in his 

 catalogue of Illinois plants, that that locality is now covered by the gov- 

 ernment buildings. It was almost past blossoming when discovered, 

 but I have several fruited specimens for exchange. It grows quite 

 near, and in the same formation with the Petalostemon foliosus. Croton 

 capitaius is also abundant. near by, and Calatnintha glabella, var. Nut 

 tallii. — H. L. Bolt wood. 



Notes From Dayton, Ohio. — in a Dkksonia punctUobula, 



Kunze, collected by Mr. A. P. Morgan, I noticed several pinnae 

 forking a little above their bases. This variation, although not rare 

 in other genera, I have never seen mentioned in a Dkksonia. 



I have also found Lycopcrdon pedicellatum, Peck, a species hith- 

 erto found only in New York. I am indebted to its author for the 

 determination. — Aug. F. Foerste. 



List Of the OenilS Carex. — With this number we publish as 

 an extra the first part of a lis!: of the species of Carex as found in 

 Gray's Manual, with the synonymy. Mr. J. F. James, Curator of 

 the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, was led to the preparation 

 of this list by his own needs; and thinking that the needs of many 

 other botanists may be similar, we present it to our subscribers as a 

 help to their study of this troublesome genus. The list will probably 

 be completed with the next number. 



Notes From Independence, Mo.— During the past season 



Ihave found here Conobea multiftda, Benth. with ternate leaves, though 

 rarely the upper are in twos. 



A white flowered form of Verbena stricta, Vent., with a white 

 flowered Delphinium exaltatum Ait., both abundant. 



Specularia leptocaipa, Gray, very plenty on damp rocks. Verbena 

 Aubletia L. , and bracteosa Michx. , in dry and open prairies, both very 

 common 



Salvia azurea, Lam., with the variet} gratidi flora, Benth., which 

 seems very distinct. 



Solatium rostratum, Dunal, is a pest on our streets and seems like 

 a native. Can furnish a number of the above on exchange. — Frank 

 Bush 



