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‘many at least half the under surface was covered by the dark brown sori. 
: sel Care was taken 
Pidioepors can be found on any. This, probably, may be accounted for 
_ from the fact that the Colorado specimens were taken at a time when 
Bping checked by frost, while the Arizona specimens were taken near the 
close of the long dry season, when the growth was completed d,and the — 
plant in a condition aoe A that in which the Colorado plants would 
be at the beginning of the w 
; Whether this “Ecidinm is spake a form of the well known barberry 
cluster cups or whether it is related to Puccinia mirabilissima remains 
_ to be proved by artificial cultures; we ao mention its OC PETEnCS in 
_ this connection as an interesting fa fac 
Our specimens ive the eae characters: Spots bright ari 
34mm. in diameter, very slightly thickened: cidia hypogenou ea 
ee pale yellow, borders coarsely lacerated; spore Peels 0% cakeeedtes _ 
1-204 in diameter—Tracy & GALLOWAY, Washingibs; ; 
Abnormal Anemone and Convyolvulus.— A description of two abnor- 
mal flowers may be of interest to the readers of the GAZETTE, as bearing 
nae morphology. : 
The first was al flower of Anemone dichotoma. Normally me 
ae 
: ent was about the same length as the others, | eta 
Reled. One lobe of the anther was fairly well developed, while the other a 
Which was next to the imperfect corolla lobe, had grown into a petal, 
This Portion, which was the exact color and texture of the corolla, pad 
uch long, and } inch wide at the top.—A. S. H1TcHcocx, Iowa City, 
A Ae to Brown University.— About two years ago it was - mentioned 
pie by Miss A. A. Stout, who gives the herbarium in the name 
sm Town University had the promise of the large and valuable fern tomo ; " 
is fon of the late William Stout, of New York. The promise eof ber ; 
_ Hundreds of plants were examined, but not one was found free from the. 
well as some of the younger and fresher ones, but only an occasional ead,” 
they had several weeks more in which to complete their growth before 
