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Botanical Gazette 



Vol. vr. 



JANUARY, 1881. 



No. 1. 



Editorial. — It is very pleasant to receive the congratulatory 

 letters of subscribers that are coming in faster than ever before. We 

 have tried to make the Gazette attractive and useful to botanists, and 

 of course it is gratifying to know that the effort has been successful. 

 Such words only stimulate us to greater efforts, and it is our desire to 

 m ike Vol. VI better than any before it. 



The Flora of Indiana. — It is the intention of the editors of the 

 Gazeite to publish a catalogue of the Flora of Indiana. In this vv^rk 

 they will be aided by Prof. Chas. Barnes of LaFayette. The cata- 

 logue will appear in the form of "extras" to the Gazette, and it will 

 be completed within the year. A preface and title page will be pub- 

 lished near the end of the year, thus enabling the patrons of the 

 Gazette to bind their extras together in a. neat pamphlet. It is ear- 

 nestly desired that any botanist having knowledge of the plants 

 of Indiana shall put himself in communication with the authors of this 

 catalogue. Especially do we urge every botanist in the State to send 

 us lists and specimens. AM specimens will be carefully used and 

 returned if desired, but in every case they must* accomijany lists 

 before they can be considered authentic and included in the cata- 

 logue. Full credit will be given for all such help 



A Botantist's Marriaoe. —It is not often that the Gazette feels 

 called upon to notice a marriage, but this one is so botanical that its 

 mention seems very apjKopriate. Prof. J. G. Lenimon, the well- 

 known California botanist, was recently married to Sara A. Plummer, 

 of Santa Barbara, another well known botanist. 'Fhe notice states 

 that they will reside this winter in Oakland, and having united for- 

 tunes and herbaria, are ready to welcome their friends in their new 

 herbarium rooms. 



Mr. Henrv M. Douglas, of S. Richland, N. Y.. is issuing a 

 translation of A. de Bary's Bofanisc/ic Zeituiig. He as <s one dollar 

 for lo numbers. The second issue will be from 1880. 



Mr. a. H. Curiiss intends to issue two more fascicles of United 

 States plants before going to the West Indies; Fascicle IV the first of 

 J.uuiary, and Fascicle V next summer. This will correct 'a state- 

 ment made in the last Gazette that Mr. Curtiss would prob::ibly issue 

 but one more fascicle of U. S. Plants. He will spend the rest of the 

 winter in South Florida, and will not distribute the second set of. ferns 

 till after his return. 



New Species of Plants from New Mexico. —Delphinium 

 SCAPOSUM. — Leaves all radical, rather fleshy, pubescent, 3-parted, 



