242 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



January Flora of the Indian River Country, Florida. — The spe- 

 cies common to this section are pretty well known and I anticipate 

 that our friend Mr. Curtiss, who has spent the entire summer in bo- 

 tanical work on the Indian River, will give us very interesting re- 

 sults, but for the purpose of showing what may be found in that 

 sunny land whilst our own north is frozen, bleak, and barren, I have 

 preserved the following list of plants collected by me from Jan. 10th 

 to Jan. 15th, 1879. Some are probably autumn forms not done flow- 

 ering. Others are early spring bloomers However, I found them 

 all very abundant and they looked very inviting at this season of the 

 year. On the low wet pine barrens I gathered Lobelia glandulosa, 

 Liatris panicidata, Heterotheca scabra, Ericocaidon gnaphalodes, Sagit- 

 taria natans^ Hypericum fascicidatum^ Drosera capillaris, Chaptalia 

 tomerdosa, Pinguicula lutea, P. pumila, Polygcda lutea. The following 

 were collected on dry sandy barrens : Enpatorium aromaticum, Te- 

 coma radicans, Chrysopsis Mariana^ C. aurea, and C. graviinifolia, 

 Solidago j^Hosa., Erigeron vernum, Hieracium Gronovii^ Aster squarro- 

 S(i.s', Ascyrum amplexicaulis, Sabbaiia EUiottii, Andromeda riitida. A 

 month later would no doubt increase the number several times. I 

 intend to make a more thorough examination during the coming win- 

 ter. — W. W. Calkins, Chicago. 



The Colorado Berberis. — The November number of the Gazette 

 contains a note from Edward L. Greene relative to an error of mine 

 as to Berberis AquifoHum, Pursh., being found in Colorado. The 

 mistake is a palpable one on my part, and as such, the correction is 

 kindly accepted, as indeed any others, made in the same honest 

 si)irit, would be. 



I would add, however, that the determination of the plant in ques- 

 tion was made before the relations of this and the allied B. repens 

 were clearly understood. It should have been rectified by me as the 

 volume was going through the press; at which time, however, it was 

 unfortunately overlooked. — J. T. Rothrock. 



Fertilization of Yucca. — At the meeting of the Amer. Association 

 last August, Mr. Meehan read a paper bearing the above title. It 

 contains the following statements, and as they will be seen to con- 

 flict somewhat, it may be that some of the readers of the Gazette 

 may have the means of proving either Mr. Meehan or Prof. Riley 

 right, or possibly both : 



"In the transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis of 

 April 15th, 1873, our distinguished associate Dr. George Engelmann 



