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and nearly equal them ; the broad, short, thick though somewhat 

 flattened process representing the horn, very obtuse, or sometimes 

 even retuse at the apex; follicles not seen. 



Open hill-tops in south-western New Mexico, about Silver City, 

 flowering in April. 



In Dr. Gray's arrangement of the genus in the Syn. Fl. N. Am., 

 this species would come next after A brachystcphana, Engelm. — Ed- 

 ward Lee Greene. 



Notes from Florida. — During a recent visit to Apalachicola, I 

 had the pleasure of rambling for several miles in the vicinity of that 

 ancient town in company with Dr. Chapman, and of being introduced 

 by him to many plants peculiar to this region, first discovered and 

 named by him. Of these, none interested me more than the three 

 Myricaceae which I had not before seen ; namely, the willow-like 

 Lcitncria, the Alyrica ccrifcra, var. intermedia, which is much more dis- 

 tinct than I supposed, and the Myrica inodora. The latter I beheld 

 with less pleasure than mortification, for with it I discovered a mis- 

 take in my recently issued Third Fascicle. What I distributed under 

 that name is probably Myrsine Floridana. The characters presented 

 by the shrub as found tin fruit corresponded so well with those of 

 Myrica that I too precipitately named it Myrica inodora. The latter, 

 however is quite distinct. Dr. Chapman compared the inflorescence 

 of Myrsine to a growth of Cusciita compacta 



Most of Dr. Chapman's field work has been done in the neigh- 

 borhood of the Apalachicola river, a region which embraces wonder- 

 fully varied and interesting vegetation. Fortunately the most inter- 

 esting plants were in bloom at the time of my visit, and I succeeded 

 in }:)reparing fine sets of over thirty species for my fourth Fascicle, in- 

 cluding three for my second set of Ferns. 



No botanist who travels southward should fail to visit the Apa- 

 lachicola river. Coming here about the first of April he will find 

 the noble Torrcya in bloom and beneath it the Crooinia, which at first I 

 confounded with the young plants of Diosco/ea and Sniilax herbacea 

 growing with it. Of the shrubs he will hardly know which to admire 

 most, the yellow variety of Azalea nudiflora, the red .Escvlus Pavia, or 

 the white C/iionanfhiis. He will be charmed with the Silcnc Drummon- 

 dii, and stand with awe before the giant cypresses, gums and cotton 

 woods of the river bottoms. He will be tempted to recline on deep 

 cushions of feathery Sela^inella, and learn to shrink from that vege- 

 table porcupine, the Chamaerops Hystrix. He will marvel at the par- 

 rot-beaked Sarracenia, and feel repaid for his journey if he sees 

 nothing but the wonderful Sarracenia Drmnmondii. — A. H. Curtiss, 

 Key West, Fla. 



Double-Staining of Vegetable Tissues, — Having used a num- 

 ber of dyes in double staining vegetable tissues, the conclusion I have 

 arrived at is, that no rules can be given which will ensure success in 

 every case. The process is quite familiar to every working micro- 



