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Holly, much damaged by high winds, measured, at 4 feet from the 

 ground, 69 inches in circumference. Centrosf^na Virginiana is very 

 abundant and conspicuous with its long and slender pods. Eupatori- 

 um hyssopifolium and ffeniculaceum^ Desmodium stridum^ Helianthe- 

 mum corymhosum^ Callicarpa Americana, with its showy axillary clus- 

 ters of purple fruit, Lespedeza Stuvei, Galium hUpidulum, Eleplumto- 

 pus riudatus, Eragrostis tenuis, Cyperus Grayii, and ovularis, with 

 Paspalum ovatum, Sim. ! ! ! a South American species, are among the 

 plants collected through the woods. 



Previous explorations have detected Allium striatum, Pyrus angus- 

 tifolia, Juncus Paemerianiis, Jatropha stimulosa, Danthonia sericea, 

 Muscari botry rides, and Senehiera didyma. 



In the vicinity of Hampton are found Lolium temulentum, Cirsium 

 horridulum, Senecio tomentosus, Gratiola sphwrocarpa, Ranunsulus parvi- 

 florus, pusillus and hederaceusl Fedia olitoria, Amaryllis Atamanco, 

 Hydrocotyle umbellata, Sagina suhulata, Briza media, Oxydrendon arbo- 

 reum and Rumex pulcher. 



Of most of these, the writer has specimens for exchange. — J. W. 

 CniCKERftsfG, Jr., DeafrMute College, Washington, D. C. 



P. S. On a trip to Luray Cave in June, Bvpleurum rotundifolium 

 was found in abundance where Dr. Gray detected it 38 years before. 



The Geographical Range of Petalostemon foliosus, Gray, in Il- 

 linois. — The note of Mr. Boltwood, in the Gazette for October, an- 

 nouncing the discovery of this rather rare plant at Ottawa, raises 

 some questions as to localities where it may yet be looked for. As 

 I found it in 1872 on an island in the Kankakee river, at Altorf, 111., 

 about eight miles below Kankakee, and as it had been found before 

 by Mr. Burgess Truesdell on the Fox river, in Kane Co., this third 

 locality at Ottawa makes a good connecting link to indicate its prob- 

 able range. A glance at the map will give us some clue to this. The 

 Fox is a branch of the Illinois, joining it at Ottawa The Kankakee 

 enters the Illinois a few miles above Morris. The valleys of the two 

 streams, together with the upper Illinois, and perhaps lower down, 

 may yet show other stations for the plant. Though I was often du- 

 ring several years along the banks of the Kankakee from Rock creek, 

 below Altorf, to Momence. near the Indiana line, I saw no further 

 indications of the plant, though from some remains, found late one 

 season, it might be looked for lower down the stream. Two years 

 after finding it, I searched long and carefully in the first locality for 

 more, but in vain, though the ground was such that they could scarce- 

 ly have been concealed. On getting some roots for Dr. Gray, to 



