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would accordingly account for the fact that the vines suffer more 

 from the fungus in the Western than in the Eastern States. — W. 

 G. Farlow. 



Notes from the Mississippi Pine Barrens.— The winter 



has brought little cessation in vegetable activit}'. With the late 

 blooming fall flowers, Asters, (especially A. squarrosus and A. ad- 

 natus), Ascyrums and Lobelia glandulosa, would open now and 

 then, a belated Cape Jasmine, and a second bloom of several spring 

 flowering plants. Pear trees and apricots bloomed throughout No- 

 vember; Gelsemium sempervireris on Nov. 22nd, and Crataegus Py- 

 racantha during the first week of December. Stellaria media has 

 been in continuous bloom. The thirty rainy days in the month of 

 January gave no opportunity for rambles in the Pine Woods, but 

 Arabis Ludoriciana appeared January 7th, and Houstonia minima 

 on the 10th. The gardens were fragrant with English violets, Hy- 

 acinths and Narcissi, N. Polyanthus opening first on Christmas 

 day. In JV. Tazetta, the polymorphism of the perianth is very 

 frequent, occurring with but three, or sometimes four divisions in 

 the same umbel with the normal flowers. The number of stamens 

 is also reduced to correspond with the perianth. From day to day 

 an adventurous rose would open. The dainty Bosa Banksiae first 

 appeared, January 19th. Magnolia purpurea and Pyrus Japoniea 

 were in bloom February 2nd, when the bellow Jessamine was again 

 opening in sheltered spots. On February 4th the ground, in moist 

 places, was starred with Ranunculus fascicularis ; the dark-eyed, 

 purple Houstonia was everywhere abundant;' Viola p'rimulaefolia. 

 Primus Caroliniana, Vaeciniuni tenellum and Allium striatum, 

 were blooming, and over the Barrens many mosses were beautifully 

 in fruit. — Martha B. Flint, Brookhaven, Miss. 



New Species of Fungi ; by Chas. H. Peck. — Cantharellus 

 Morgani. — Pileus thin, plane .or centrally depressed,] and subin- 

 f undibuliform, glabrous, red, the margin involute ; lamellse narrow, 

 decurrent, dichotomously branched, whitish; stem /equal or slightly 

 enlarged above, solid, paler than the pileus ; spores minute,subellip- 

 tical, .00016— .0002 of an inch long. ' ' V ! " i I 



Plant 8-12 lines high, pileus 6-10 lines broad, stems 1-2 lines 

 thick. ., '. n „ •'•■ ! 1 



Under coniferous trees. Vermont. '';A-yP. Morgan. 



This is a small species resemMwg'C.Gu'yanensis Mont., which, 

 according to the description, differs in' its thick coriaceous reddish- 

 orange pileus, yellow hymeniuni and thick corneous fistulose stem. 

 The pileus in our plant has a Ught-red or pinkish-red color, and I 

 do not detect any peppery taste to the flesh. 



Polyporus fraxinophilus.— Pileus sessile, thick, corky, more 

 or less ungulate r .somewhat clecurrent, concentrically sulcate, rimos e 



