2S9 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



"Sweet Scented Fern" threatens to become more al)undant than de- 

 siral)le. In some localities in the southern part of this state, in patches, it 

 appears to be the princijxd growth. It delights in broken ground and 

 rich, sandy soil, but its accommodative ])owers apjiear to be great. I 

 have observed it growing, uncultivated, in the counties of Wabash, 

 Lawrence, Edwards and Wliite, and I am informed by good author- 

 ity tiiat in the counties farther south it is becoming quite common. It 

 being an annual will probably prevent it from becoming a very serious 

 injury or annoyance to agriculture. 



As this species is not described in any of our text bo"ks I will 

 give the following description and notes on it, based on those given 

 in the old German work referred to in the article on C/icnof'odiii/n al- 

 bum and viriih' (Bor. Gaz , VoL VI, p. 225): From three to six feet 

 high, branching, ends of the branches and branchlets drooping, out- 

 line of whole ])lant pyramidal, clusters of flowers roundish and ))en- 

 dant, peduncles one-fourth inch long. Leaves tripinnaiely dissected, 

 ovate lanceolate in outline, two to six inches long ; whole plant 

 smooth or very minutely pubesc^-nt. The whole ])lai)t gives off a 

 strong, but not unnleasant odor, which jjartakes of that of Ari'anisia 

 AhsintJiiuin and camphor. Root annual and yellow. This species is 

 a native of Siberia. According to J. G. Cimelin the inhabitants of 

 Jenisea boil this annual Artemisia with their mead to give it a ])leasant 

 odor (flivor?). S. G. Gmelin also reports, in his "Voyage through 

 Russia," that this species of Artemi'^ia is used in the tanning of the 

 well known Saffian leather (Turkish morocco). He further remarks 

 that a coloring matter is obtained from this plant named Tschagan, 

 four pounds of which will color twenty-five goat skins. In this d\ e 

 the skins are steeped, by the addition of one pound of finely ])ulver- 

 ized cochineal, some honey and salt, the red color is obtained. To 

 produce the yellow Saffian leather, another dye, called Kitk is added ; 

 in this latter case however, the honey and salt are omitted. — J. 

 Sen NECK, Mt. Cannel, J II. 



New Species of Fuu»i"i, by Chas. H. Peck. — Uromyces Pso- 

 RALEyt:. — Spots none or indistinct; sori ejiiphyllous, scattered ir 

 crowded, sometimes occupying the whole u|)[)er surface of the leaf, 

 blackish-brown ; spores elliptical, obovate or pyriform, obtuse, g^an 

 ular within, 0008-.0012 of an inch long, .0008-.0009 of an inch 

 l)road, the pedicel short, colorless. 



Living leaves of Psoralea lanccolata Utah. August. Jones. 



The lower surface of the leaves in the sf)ecimens before me is oc- 

 cu[)icd by /Ecidiuni -Psoralecc which is probably the hymeniferous form 

 of this fungus. 



LIromvces ZvGADKNi. —Spots j)ale or yellowish, sometimes con- 

 fluent; Iiyincnifcnnis fungus with the peridia amphigenous, short, 

 scattered or crowded, the spores subglobose, orange. .0008-. 00095 

 of an inch broad, with a thin hyaline epispore ; iclcutosporous fungus 

 with the sori amphigenous, clustered, small, blackish-brown, sonic- 

 times intermingled with the y]v:idium; sporesobovate or subpyriform, 



