72 ERYTHEA. 



to be a plant of very limited range, noted only about the Laramie 

 Plains of Wyoming, is quite plentiful along some of the streams of 

 North Park, and Chrysothamnxis Vaseyi (Gray) Greene is abundant 

 on the dry ground. Pentstemon strictus Benth., is also found here 

 and at Glenwood Springs. In Estes Park in the vicinity of Long's 

 Peak are found Menyanthes trifoliata, L., and Naumburgia thyrsi- 

 flora, (L.) Duby, and on the margin of a subalpine lake Carex 

 Magellanica Lam. On the mountain-sides in the same vicinity 

 grows Cypripedium fasciculatum Kellogg, I first collected this 

 rare and beautiful orchid here in June, 1894, and have since found 

 it in the mountains of southern Wyoming. It probably ranges for 

 some distance along the mountains at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 

 feet. It has been known only from the mountains of Northern 

 California and Oregon, but possibly intervening stations may yet 

 be found. — Geo. E. Osterhout. 



New Windsor, Colorado. 



NEWS NOTES AND CURRENT COMMENT. 



Two West American plants were figured in the February 

 number of the Botanical Magazine, namely, Ceanothus integerri- 

 mus, plate 7640, and Epilobium obcordatum, plate 7641. 



The will of the late Prof. O. C. Marsh, of New Haven, 

 bequeaths his entire estate, valued at $150,000 to $200,000, to Yale 

 University, with the exception of $10,000 for the National Academy 

 of Sciences. The handsome home of the eminent Yale paleontol- 

 ogist, with its line grounds and greenhouses, including a famous 

 collection of orchids, is given to the University for a botanic 

 garden. The house itself may be used either as a residence for the 

 director of the garden or as a botanical laboratory, as the Yale 

 Corporation may decide. 



