g4 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



base of the petals towards their extremity. Indeed, nearest to their 

 base, within the first third of their length, there is a large irregular 

 spot of an intense yellow ; about the middle of their length there fol- 

 lows a narrower cross band of red color, vermilion towards the base, 

 intensely pink towards the outside, not reaching the margin of the 

 petals, sometimes dissolved into several separate spots ; lastly, beyond 

 the middle of the length of the petals there are three to eight smaller 

 roundish spots of a paler violet pink color. The flowers of Veronica 

 chamcE.drys prove that also gay blue colors are perceived and selected 

 by A.bcia. — Hermann Muller in Nature. 



Carex Sullivantii. — Mr. E. C. Howe, of Yonkers, West Ches- 

 ter Co., N. Y. , writes that he has collected during the present season 

 several specimens of the above Carex, and would like to exchange 

 them for seme Western Carices, such as C Shortiana, C. Afeadii, C. 

 Bebbii, C. crus-corvi, C. conjitncta, C. muricata, C. cephaloidea, or C. Fra- 

 seriana. 



Cross Fertilization of Baptisia tinctoria. — Prof. W. W. 

 Bailey writes in reference to B. tinctoria that it is cross fertilized by 

 humble bees. Their weight on the keel causes a quick and decided 

 lateral deflection of the wings, exposing the androecium. A careful 

 study of this mechanism would be very interesting. 



Downingia pulchella. — In a field east of San Jose I saw last 

 June at least five acres completely carpeted with Downingia pulchella. 

 The nearly level ground had been sown with wheat which the April 

 flood "drowned out" in the lowest places. In September the same 

 ground will be covered with cocklebur. 



The rare Mentzelia Lindleyi is abundant near Alum Rock; seven 

 miles east of San Jose. — V. Rattan, San Fra7icisco, Cal. 



New Locality for Sullivantia Ohioxis. —Happening to 

 spend a day in the eastern part of Cass county, Indiana, I found on 

 the limestone bluffs overhanging Pipe Creek, just before its junction 

 with the Wabash River, Sullivantux Ohionis in abundance The gen- 

 eral conformation of the country and the relative situation of Sullivan- 

 tia, are almost exact counterpaits of the station in Jefferson Co., Indi- 

 ana, with the single exception that the bluffs are not nearly so high. 

 The exposure and character of the soil seem to be identical. — M. S. 

 Coulter, Logansport, Ind. 



Science — A Weekly Record of Scientific Progress. Illustrated. 

 We have received the initial number of the above journal, which 

 claims to "occupy a field in periodical literature hitherto unoccupied," 

 "and the only first class weekly Journal in the United States devoted 

 to science, recognized by scientists as their medium of communi- 

 cation." Furthermore, all desiring to keep "au courant", or rather 



