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longest be(;>iuye they wei-c too unmanageable, and found the scapes to be 40, 42, 43, 44 

 and 45 inclies, and the spikes 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22 inches in length. The branches of 

 the spikes ran from three to ten in numlier and were from one to two inches in length. 

 These branches nearly always forked again, making quite a dense brush on the end of 

 the sjiike. The outermost, that is the lowest, branches invariably forked, the others not 

 always. Occasionally it looked as if the original spike had been bitten or broken off 

 and the lateral buds developed into branches to compensate for the loss of the ter- 

 minal bud. But such arrest of the growth of the terminal bud could not alwaj-s be 

 made out, and in some specimens it was undoubtedly not the case. — J. M. C. 



Notes from West Virginia. — During a trip up into West Virginia the first two 

 weeks in July, made for the purpose of botanizing, I found on the banks of the Guyan- 

 dotte River, near Barboursville, specimens oi (Jleonte pumjenn growing wild. There 

 were between 75 and 100 plants growing in a clump and a few others scattered along. 

 They stood about half way between the water and the river bank, on the top of which 

 was an old deserted house. It was about 50 or 75 feet from the plants and no sign of a 

 garden, or, indeed, of any cultivated ground, was visible around it. They seemed to be 

 perfectly naturalized and were growing finelv. As this locality is within the limits of 

 Gray's Manual, the plant deserves a place in that work. I am also informed by Mr. 

 Lloyd, of Govington, that he found a patch of the same plant growing wild near the 

 li.-.e of the Ginciunati Southern R. R., a few miles back of Govington. 



On the top of the Hawk's Nest, on New River, I found a number of plants of 

 (JorPirui Coiiradii, but not in bloom, and CheUniithen lamirdnosn. Gray's Manual gives the 

 habitat of the latter as Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri ;uul westward, and if I am not mis- 

 taken in the species, the Mountains of Virginia will have to be added. 



Ctrphen viscoxissiiiKf was found in an old field just above the Hawk's Nest. — JosEPn 



F. J.VMES, (Ji/U'iilN((ti, 0. 



A'ariatioxs. — I have found the White Pine with leaves in sixes, some few fasiclcs 

 in sevens. The sixes were quite abundant. The Arlsiema Dnicontium, Schott., is quite 

 common here with leaflets fr)m 15 to 17, and ! have found one with 32 leaflets. The 

 running blackberry is also frequent with tlowers quite double and of a pinkish tinge. — 



N. GOLEMAN. 



GuscuTA iiACEMOSA. — In the JanuMry number of the Gazette, Dr. Engelmann gave 

 a warninu- to the farmers, who wished to cultivate the Alfalfa, or California clover, to 

 beware of the dodder, Cnscntti iviccnuittK, which had always accompanied it in Europe 

 and (California. The warning was sent, throughout this region, to the county pa- 

 jiers, but in spite of it all, seed agents have succeeded in running in a great deal of 

 Alfalfa seed. As a consequence, a short time ago, after the clover had started well, 

 I began to receive specimens of llie plant encircled by a "troublesome little vine," 

 and every body wanted to know what it was. It was the genuine C-mcut<i rncemosa in 

 good flower and fruit, and it has come up in every Alfalfa field in this county, 'i'he 

 agricultural editors of several widely circulated papers are recommending it and doing 

 wdiat they can to bring this annoying parasite into our fields. — J. M. G. 



.Tekfeusonia diphylla, Pers. — In the vicinity of Hanover, Ind., this interesting 

 phuit may be found during the months of March and Ai>ril, bedecking all the river hills 

 with a profusion of bloom. As it is so abundant on the Ohio blutts, one would natur- 

 ally expect to find it abundantly in as favoralile localities back from the river, but as 

 yet none have been found except a very few specimens in a single little thicket. Were 

 Ji'fji-sonvi local along the river its absence from other parts of the county would not 



