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196 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
Dioclea Boykinii, Gray, was found in full bloom two years age Me : 
county, Arkansas, the last of J uly. The legumes were quite RE di: lak 
concluded this was its usual time. of flowering. From observations a pA 
season we conclude that it sometimes begins flowering as early ee the nt we | 
June. We would say from June to August is the period of this mage . Bey : 
were unable to visit the Drew county locality this season, but the a Lit: ie 
found in abundance as far north in Arkansas as the line of the eee vhs 
tle Rock R. R., on the border of Grand Prairie near Devall’s Bluff. se Tae 
had nearly all fallen by the middle of July (only a few at ig uk 
racemes being left), and many of the pods mature. The plant o er: ne 
twenty feet high, and the leaves sometimes are eight inches in diam ar ra 
broader than long. The racemes are occasionally seven feet long, 4 
numerous blossoms, but few of which produce legumes. 
Entirely sterile Ticekies are abundant, and but few pods are devel cae 
the fertile ones. We did not notice a single raceme where all the pe 
The pods usually contain but few peas, which are Bae foie 
er by a membranous partition, and are about two-thirds as 
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river, and probably occurs throughout the east and south part of the er ial 
‘ F, L. Harvey, Fayetteville, 
EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Foorr’s Leisure Hour for October opens with a poetical extract dedicated 
to the Botanical Club. : Pers 
Dr. E. P. N, Fournter, best known for his work on the Mexican flor 
died in Paris lately, at the age of fifty. 
Dr. W. G. Fartow has been granted a year’s vacation, and will | 
to the Southwest ‘to recuperate his health. 
BuLterin No, 4, of the same Division, is devoted to a continuation . . 
investigation of the Composition of American wheat and corn. ee 
Scrence Recorp has suspended publication with the completion 0° ©” — 
second volume. It was an excellent journal, and we regret its Joss. we 
‘ 1 tion 
THE TITLE of Dr, Sturtevant’s paper before the American Associa 
the “Influence ; 
: iven 1D 
of Insolation upon Vegetation,” and not insulation, a8 SIV 
i ws ir 
our lastissue. It dealt with the relation of certain solar influences to a 
of growth. 
