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low, and the upper translucent white. There is no spur, and 

 no U. suhulata could be detected in the vicinity. 



My plants certainly represent a species distinct from U. sui- 

 idafa, which I name U. cleistogama. It cannot be decided at 

 the present time if these are specifically the same as the earlier 

 collections, although I am inclined to consider them such, not- 

 withstanding the difference in color of the flowers. 



Epidendrijm Tampense, Lmdl. Folia Orchid. 12, 



This species was described by Lindley from specimens sent 

 him by Dr. Torrey about 1850. In looking over the genus, last 

 summer, with Mr. Rolfe, at Kew, I noticed the original speci- 

 men and remarked that the name had not been used in any of 

 our North American books. He assured me, and satisfied me, 

 that it is a distinct species. On returning home, I investigated 

 the Epidendra of our herbarium and found the rest of the speci- 

 mens, marked '' Epidendrum, Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Leaven- 

 worth."' Dr. Torrey had not written the name upon the herba- 

 rium sheet; and, as the part of the "Folia" containing the 

 description was not in his library, it is probable that he was not 

 aware of the publication of the name. Tlie species has since 

 been collected by Curtiss, and distributed as ^' Epidendrum 

 venosum, Lindl." (''North American Plants," No. 2805. Habi- 

 tat, on trees, Hillsboro River, Florida). 



Oakesia sessilifolia (L.), S. Wats.; var. (?) nitida, n. var. 

 Differs from 0. sessilifolia in its smaller leaves, which are 

 rough-margined after the manner of 0. puherula, and shining on 

 both sides. Collected by myself, May 30th and 31st, 1887, at 

 Tom's River and Cedar Bridge, Ocean Co., N. J., on the borders 

 of swamps in the pine-barrens. The leaves of 0. sessilifolia, so 

 far as I have seen them, are alwiiys markedly glaucous beneath 

 and dull green above. The young capsules of the new variety are 

 on peduncles 10 mm. long, the corolla and mature capsule not 

 seen. Dr. Watson describes (Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 269) the 

 capsules of 0. puberula as sessile or nearly so; but this is evi- 

 dently a slip of the pen, for specimens labelled by him in the 

 Torrey herbarium bear capsules on stalks 1 and 2 cm. long. 



Cyperus Buckleyi, Britt. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, xi. 86(1884). 

 This species, originally described from the Valley of the Lower 

 Rio Gi'ande, has since been found by Mr. Pringle on hills near 

 Chihuahua (1040), and in the Sierra Madre (116T), and by the 

 same collector in the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. Fred. 

 Miiller's No. 1989 from Orizaba, and Bourgeau's No. 432 from 

 Pedregal, near Mexico, appear to be the same. 



