86 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Phlox Cnroliiiti, L., var. opata, Benth.=P. ovata, L. — Gray, 1. c, p. 249. 



Phlox procutnbens, Lehm.=P. omo'/ia, Sims. — Gray, 1. c, p. 251. 



Physalis viscosa, Gray's Man.=P. Vir(jinic<i,M\\\. — Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., 10. p. 

 65. The true P. viscosn of Linn, is a southern plant, which ranges from North Carolina 

 to riorida. 



Chenopodium albvm, L., var. Boscianum, Gray=C. Boseiamim, Moq. — "Watson, in 

 Proc. Am. Acad., 9. p. 94. 



Rumex Britiniicti, L.=i?. itltissimvs, Wood. — Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad., 8. p. 399. 



Rmnex orbiculatus, Gray=i?. Briid/mirrt, L. — Gray 1. c. 



Chenopodium glauettm, h .=Blitiim gliincum, Koch. — "Watson, 1. c, p. 101. 



Poli/f/o)iU)u iiviculdre, L'., var. erectum, Roth.^P. erertum, L. — Watson, Am. Nat., 7. 

 p. 664. 



The following changes in the genus Carex are found in 0]ney^s Ca rices Boreali- 

 AmeririDue: 



Cfirex cnts-con-i, Shuttlew.=C. Nvttallii, Bchw. 



C. retroflexo, Muhl.^C rosea, Schk., var., Olney. 



C. eanemens, L. var. vitilis, Boott^(7. ritilis, Fries. 



C. rf/'f/r^ Schw. & Torr.=(7. Jfuxkuigiioieu.sis, Schw. 



C. criniotd, Sciiw=C'. l((gopodioideK, Schk., var. erintdta, Carey. 



C rristdtd, Sciiw., var. mirabllis, Boott=C lugopodioidei, Schk., var. mirohilis, 

 Olney. 



C. adiixffi, Boott=C. ulho-hitesrens, Schw. 



C.fien((, Willd., var.(V) sobulonum, Boott^C. sllicea, Olney. — Proc. Am. Acad., 7. 

 p. 393. 



C. s<r«?ftmert, Schk., var. teoera, Boott^C. tenern, Dew. 



Cut rami iiefi, Schk., var. aperta, Boott^C. tetiera. Dew., var. major, Olney. 



C. slra/iiinea,Si:\ik., var. lii/alioa, Boott=6'. xtrainiuea, Schk., var. Crawei, Boott. 



C. Barratfii, Schw. & Torr.^C tiftoralis, Schw. 



C. vagi/iata, Tausch.=C. jmnicea, L., var. refrarta, Olney. 



C Meadil, Dew.=C'. panicea, L., vnr.Meadii, Olney. 



C.tetanica, Schk.^C. panirea, L., var. tetanicii, Olney. 



C. Cra/rei,T>e\v.=^C. iinT'ido/tta, Torr. 



C. (estivfilii^. M. A. C;urtis=C. cire,'<reii.'<, Muhl., var. (PHtivaliH, Olney. 



jC. (Ederi, Elirh.=C. lyiriduUi, Mx. 



C. poliinturpliii, Muhl.^(7. panicen, L., var. si'ariosa, Olney. 



C. rotundata, Walil.?=C miliaria, Mx., var. V Olney. — Tiros. C. Vqyit&k, Easton, 

 PennHylvania. 



CuscuTA RACEM0S.\, — Tliat "new" Coxrntu raceimm, the Alfalfa-Dodder, was, after 

 all, not new to Prof. Tluirher and to tlie readers of the "American Agriculturist." By 

 an unpardonable oversigiit his article in the numbiT of December, 1874, of that journal 

 adorned with a cut, was overlooked not only in the notice published in the "Gazette" 

 of January, but also in the Flora of Californi.t, published last summer. It seems that 

 the parasite has made its appearance in California at least three years ago on Luzerne 

 tields and its nature and dangerous character was recognized by Prof. Thurber and the 

 means indicated to eradicate it. Tiic little notice of this plant in the January number 

 of the Gazette has elicited the information from California that the i)arasite is "now 

 well naturalized here (about San Francisco Baj'), and is a great pest among the Chili 

 clover."— G. £. 



Forking Ferns. — In the Nov. number of the Gazette a correspondent gives an 

 instance of the forking of the fertile ^nke oi' Bot ry chin at Virginianum, Swz. (This is 

 the correct orthography, and it should always be so written. B. Virginiciun is the later 

 orthography of Wilklenow, and not ol' Swartz.), and refers it to an injury received by 



