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whose presence so far north can only be accounted for by the open 

 and low north and south" valley of the Wabash. Tl e occurence 

 of this last tree is so peculiar that a short extract from Mr. Ridg- 

 way's paper concerning it will be of interest. 



It grows in the lower part of Knox County, Indiana, or that 

 portion embraced between the Wabash and White Rivers and 

 known as u The Neck." 1 It is very abundant, the area embraced by 

 the cypress swamps, and largely timbered with cypress, being esti- 

 mated at 20,000 acres. 



"Although known as the 'Cypress Swamp,' it consists cf a series 

 of beautiful, secluded ponds, hidden in the dense forest, and diffi- 

 cult of access by an}- one not familiar with the locality." "The cy- 

 press trees grow chiefly around the borders of these ponds and 

 along the sloughs connecting them, as well as on the one which 

 empties into the river. Being so near the river, into which the 

 logs are floated at " high water, 11 the finest trees have long since 

 been destroyed, and there are very few left whose symmetry is not 

 m irred by low-growing branches or knots upon the trunks. The 

 1 u gest standing tree observed by me was a very old and exceeding- 

 ly rough specimen, entirely unfit for lumber or shingles. The 

 swollen base measured 45 feet in circumference at the ground, the 

 girth immediately above the conical portion being 21 feet; the 

 trunk consisted of several upright stems grown together for the 

 greater part of their length, but in places distinct, with one very 

 conspicuous transverse growth joining the two main stems, at a 

 height of about 50 feet from the ground. The top expanded 94 

 feet, the greater part of it elevated over 100 feet from the ground. 

 A solid stump, measuring 38 feet around at the ground, was 22 feet 

 in girth at 8 feet; at about 15 feet it divided into two main trunks of 

 equal size, which were cut off immediately above the fork, a scaf- 

 f jid being necessary for the purpose. 11 " The tallest did not much 

 exceed 140 feet, their average height being little, if any, over 100 

 feet ; and even the finest of them would not compare for symmetry 

 and length with the Sweet Gums and Ashes with which they were 

 associated. 11 — J. M. C. 



Notes frojll S. Illinois.— While collecting parasitic fungi in 

 Southern Illinois last Spring, I found on shelving rocks at Makan- 

 da, Jackson Co., a fungus on a species of Oenothera.. The fungus 

 (an Uromy'ces accompanied by an JEckliuin) is probably a new 

 species and the (Enothera is new to the Northern United States. 

 The latter did not agree with any description in the Manual, and 

 specimens were sent to Dr. Geo. Vasey who determined it to be 

 (Enothera lintfolia, Nutt. I found the same in a similar situation 

 near Tunnel Hill, Johnson Co. It was plentiful in both localties. 

 At the latter place I also found Silene Virginica, L., which was pre- 

 viously reported in Illinois only "on wooded banks of Desplaines 



