BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 27 
. CONFERTUM, Lindbg., near Newfield, Gloucester Co. ; 
Sph eer m cymbifolium, Ehbrh., var. squarrosulum (Nees.) in 
bogs, Aion. Burlin Co. 
Var. CONGESTUM, Schimp. (var. purpurascens, Russow.,) oc- 
curs near Newfield, Gloucester Co. 
sphagnum aeutfolium, Ehrh., var. DEFLEXUM, Schimp., 
margins of Dons wfield, Gloucester 
Var. Be iyi ; Behe. , open bd Atsion, Burlington Co. 
‘Sphagnum subsecundum, Nees., var. ile iuigens (Schimp.) 
Lindbg. 2 sia near Newfield, Gloucester 
OBESUM, Wils., swamps near Kisiox, Burlington Co. 
S ions neglectum, Angstr. var., swamps near Newfield, 
Sionesster Co. 
sphagnum macrophyllum, Bernh., in Pa at Willow Grove, 
Ctetaad Oo.; and Malaga, ¢€ being er 
EUGENE A. Bis, Bethlehem, Pa. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Vitis riparia.—As represented in this locality this is a ae ste 
climber, growing in bottoms and low grounds along streams; the flow 
from one to two weeks later than any other species of Vitis here, but fe fruit is 
ripened remarkably soon. 
Usually we have ripe grapes the first week in July, but this season was 
very backward with late frosts, and I saw no ripe fruit until the 12th of July, 
while the so-called Summer grape (V. estivalis) ripens its fruit about the mid- 
dle of September. , as our manuals call this a Winter or Frost Grape, 
and it is so stated in the Floras of Iowa and ahaa I would inquire if this 
is the usual habit of the plant in other localit 
The panicles are shorter and closer, with oe and sweeter berries than 
those of V. cordifolia. 
Here it is called Fox, Slue, or Sioux Grape-—Frank Busu, Independence, 
‘issourt. 
Graphephorum festucaceam, Gray.—Last July, while collecting Scirpus 
Auviatilis, Gray, in a small slough shout a — of a mile west of my house, I 
found a grass which proves to be an interesting y. Judging it to be a 
horum, though differing from the description of the single species and 
its variety major in the Manual, I sent it to Dr. Gray for determination, who 
Promptly reported it to be Graphephorum festucaceum, Gray, (Arundo festucacea, 
Willd.), for the first time in the United States so far as he knew, and who re- 
quested me to announce this addition to our flora in the BoranicaL Gazerre. 
He adds, however, that it abounds in the Saskatchewan region, and is well 
