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species in a local County or State printed list, giving as many 

 common names for each species as are in use in the locality. 

 Particular attention should be given to any recent weeds, and any 

 successful means of eradication should be stated. — [Ed.] 



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Arnold Green. 



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W. W 



Variegated Kalmia. I think variations are interesting and 

 should be put upon record. I therefore send you a specimen of 

 Kalmia angustifolia, with variegated leaf. This variety occurs 

 in two places in the town of Dartmouth, Mass., and in quite siz- 

 able clumps ; hence it is not an individual sprout 



E. Lewis Sturtevant. 



[Our attention was called to the same occurrence in K. lati- 

 folia some years ago by Dr. J. B. Potter, at Bridgeton, N. J. — Ed 



A Trifid style in Meritha piperita. I enclose flower of Men- 



piperita 



The bifid character is 



so strongly marked in the order that the indications of a possible 

 tri-carpellary structure may have an evolutionary value. 



T. Meehan. 



Eclipta proctimbefts. It must have been noted, but probably 

 not recorded, as it deserves to be, that on plucking portions of 

 Eclipta procumbens, the bruised tissue assumes an inky black hue. 



T- Meehan. 



A new Foreigner. Specimens of the great European pest 



Cuscuta Epithymiirn.VLViXX^Ly, var. vulgaris, Engelm, (C Trifoliu 

 Babington), have been sent me from Seidersville, Northampton 

 Co., Pa., by Mr. Robert G. Bechdolt, who says it is making sad 

 havoc in the clover fields of his neighborhood. Mr. B. has col- 

 lected also, at the same station, Leontodon hirsutus, L., L, au- 

 ttimnale, L., Picris hieracioides, L. and Lactnca Scariola, L. 



Thos. C, Porter. 



Botanical Clubs seem to have taken a start of late. It is a 

 good and encouraging sign, and speaks more plainly than any- 

 thing else of the spread of botanical interest in recent years. 

 The May's Landing Botanical Club, under the Presidency of Rev. 

 Dn J. E. Peters, has recently been organized in New Jersey. 



