BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 2jS 



inch \t)ng, the ujipcr not much shorter ; branches strictly erect, pe- 

 duncles naked, flowers nearly ^^ inch long. 



Distinguished from the closely allied C. uniflora by the habit, the 

 cane cence and the form of the capsule. Careful study of abundant 

 materials ]irovcs tliat C. uiiijiora will have to comprise all the forms 

 from Colorado and Utah which have been named C. Lan^:^sdorffiaiia 

 or C. Schciichzcn, among them the specmiens of Parry and of Hall 

 with denticulate calyx lobes and similar ones gathered by myself; they 

 liave erect elongated capsules tapering below, opening near the to]) ; 

 corolla divided nearly to the middle, often i inch wide; stems 3 to 4 

 or 8 to 10 inches high, i to 4 flowered. True C. ScIiciicJizcri (or liiiifo- 

 Ua) coinjs from Alaska; its corolla lobes are short, Yz or less of the 

 tube, the short ovate capsule is nodding and oj^ens at base. The 

 confusion arose in great part from the carelessness of collectors, who 

 are mostly satisfied with nice flowers and neglect the less conspicuous 

 fruiting sjjecnnens. Among several dozen specimens from the Rocky 

 Mountains and Alaska, gathered by different collectors, I find only 

 few with the characteristic capsules, and these I collected myself. 

 Fruit and seed are such important organs that they ought always to be 

 hunted uj), and of every plant; this necessity is well known in Com- 

 posiUv and UiiibcHiferu' but it is truf of all plants and ought to be well 

 borne in mind by collectors. Sucii neglect is one of the causes why 

 the species of Vitis and especially the CdctacCiH were not better under- 

 stood long ago. 



A Double El>i,Ii::X';i ropiMlS. — A gool many years ago, I think 

 in 1867, my brother. Prof. L. \V. IJailey, of Fredericton, N. B., sent 

 nie a note which I read before the Jk)Ston Society of Natural History, 

 on a double Eph^ica lepeits, found near his home. To-day Miss Sarah 

 L. Mann, of Central Falls, R. I., communicates a specimen, found, 

 she writes, among some flowers from Massachusetts. The precise lo- • 

 cality is nut given. The nearly sessile umbel presents seven blos- 

 soms all of which show increase of [)arts. The calyx exhibits no ab- 

 erration, but is succeeded by three perfectly gamopetalous corollas, 

 each within the other as in thf; familiar cases of doubling in JXitura 

 and like plants. In the changes the stamens have entirely disa pjiear- 

 ed, or are perhai^s represented only by certain aborted, hood like ap- 

 pendages to one or more of the lobes of the inner whorl. The ])istil 

 appears to be normal. In some of the flowers there are rudimentary 

 filaments. The real, as well as the pseudo corollas are provided with 

 the usual pubescence, and are normal as to color and fragrance. It 

 would be interesting to know whether this plant maintains itself as a 

 I)erennial form, as in the case cited by my brother. I will add that 

 the rosettes are extremelv pretty, though to a l)Otanist's eyes terato 

 logical develo]iments a'e always a little obtrusive. — V\^ Whitman 

 Bailey, Bro7C'ii University. 



Al*t('mi><i;l annnjl, 1- — This thrifty weed which has for a 

 •number of years been cultivated for ornament under the name of 



