326 The Botanical Gazette. [July, 
(Albugo candidus) causing this disease is not, I think, supposed to be 
poisonous. Even if so, it is doubtful whether the children ate any 
plant affected with this disease. 
Are there cases on record, or known to any one, of poisoning by 
this plantP—W. A. KELLERMAN, Columbus, Ohio. 
Viola sagittata Hicksii, var. nov.—Somewhat cespitose, from a thick 
ligneous rootstock; leaves hirsute pubescent, the earliest cordate, the 
later deltoid ovate, decurrent on the petiole, obtuse, remotely denti- 
culate and nearly entire; flower nearly as in the type; fruiting pedun- 
cles more or less recurved; capsules pubescent; sides heavily marked 
or pitted. 
Collected by Mr. Gilbert H. Hicks, of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, May 26, 1895, on a hillside in Rock Creek Park, D. C. 
Plants of the normal V. sagittata also occur at this lo- 
cality, but are not plentiful, being outnumbered ten to 
one by the new variety. No other species grows there 
in sufficient quantity to warrant the supposition that 
this is a hybrid; its affinities are altogether with V. sagit- 
tata. The distinction lies in the habit of the plant: in 
the hirsute leaves, which never exhibit any sign of loba- 
tion: in the recurved fruiting capsules: and in the seeds, 
which are conspicuously, instead of obscurely, spotted. 
There is a specimen of this variety in the National 
Herbarium, collected many years ago by Professor Ward, 
apparently at the same locality, with characters in every 
way identical with those of the rediscovered specimens. 
It will be interesting to note whether future observa- 
tions will indicate a more extended range and the pos- 
sibility of specific rank for the plant.—Cuar.es Louis 
PoLLarD, Washington, D. C. 
An interesting Equisetum.—Through the kindness of 
Dr. J. M. Coulter, I have received a curious /usus na- 
injury received early in its growth, but nevertheless rg, patron 
forms a remarkable sport.—Lucizn M. UnpDERWooD, ” (Nat. size.) 
Greencastle, Ind. 
