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46 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Arenatherum avenaceum, Beauv. — Pinto Island, Mobile river, scarce, 1877. 



Avenafntaa, L. — A few plants with the above, 1877. 



Manisurns griDiuItin'.s, Swtz. — In inch cultivated ground near New Oi'loans, Louisi - 

 ana. Riddell. 



SorriJumi Ilaleppease. — Escaped Trom cultivation and l'ull.y established in lower 

 Louisiana. Riddell. 



The following plants indigenous to Texas and the territories southwest of it have 

 been observed in the eastern Gulf States, and to my knowledge have so far not been 

 recorded. Those occurring in the coast region either on ballast grounds or confined 

 near human dwellings must be regarded as introduced plants; others, however, might 

 be counted as species belonging to the flora of the States east of the Mississi))pi, hav- 

 ing reached here their northern limits: 



Trepocavpus ^Ethusn, Nutt. — Of these rare Texan jilants I found a patch covered 

 with numerous specimens in bloom and with ripe seeds on Pinto Island, Mobile river, 

 July, 1874. The year after in search of a supply of specimens, not a single plant was 

 found, nor has it reai)peared since. Also, from Cheefuncte light-house. La. Dr. Rid- 

 dell, 1839. 



LeptocnuUs eehinaius, Nutt. — Roadsides ami culti^•ated grounds, frequent in the 

 new Green Bay settlements. Mobile Co. April, 1S73, first observed; spreading there 

 since with every season. (Arkansas and Texas ) 



Oaillardia pulchella, Torrey. — Covering year after year a large pai't of the ground 

 at Pinto Island. June and September. 



G'reopsis Britiiunoiidii, T. and G. — This fine Texan annual adorns the lawns, road- 

 sides and open cop.ses on the eastern sliore of Mol)ile Bay, (1859,) also frefpient at Pas- 

 cagrulc. Miss., April, 1873. It iutroducctl it is completely naturalized. 



Eraf/ro-stift vfiylepiH, Torr. — Quite a colony of it was found at C<'dar Point undoubt- 

 edly introduced there with ballas:t. A very beautiful grass. 



Pferis n-ftira, L. — Found on shaded moist banks in woods near Mobile. This fern 

 so fretpient in the trojiics of the globe is perhajis indigenous here. 



Pellfd Jif:.v)i(>ft((. — Of this fern freipUMit in .Mexico, I Ibund fragmentarv sjiecimens 

 collected by Dr. Riddell in Western Texas, 18:!9. 



Lyi'opodiinn renniain, L. — New to the floi'a of the United States, I'or the first time 

 found on springy claybanks of the l)lufls fronting the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, 

 July 4th, 1877. Common throughout all tropical America. — Cii.mu.ks ^\o\\k, }fohiIe, 

 Ahihama. 



"Die Pii,ze dks Wkinstockes," Wien, 1878. — This is a volume of two hundred 

 and fourteen i)ages, from the pen of the excellent Mycologist, Fp.tjx von Tiiumkn, the 

 well-known autlior of "Mycolheca Universalis." In this work on the Funfii of (Urape- 

 ciiii's, the author gives descriptions (in Latin) of about two hundred and twenty species 

 that have been fouiul inhabiting either the living or dead vines, fruit, etc., together 

 with references and synonyms. This is followed in each case by ;ni amjdified descrip- 

 tion and icmarks in German. Thirty species are dcscriiicii as new. The work is 

 divided into four sections, thus.- 



I. Fungi inhabiting the fruit, 18 species. 



li. Fungi inhabiting the stems and branches, 1(54 species. 



A. Inhabiting living stems and branches, 11 species. 



B. Inhabiting dead stems and branches, 153 s])ecies. 



III. Fungi inhabiting the leaves, 30 sjjecies. 



A. Inhabiting living leaves. 20 si)ecies. 



B. Inhabiting dead leaves, Ki species. 



IV. Fungi growing from the roots, 5 species. 



