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Osikwa’gominag, bush of same. 
Tchatchamo’sikan, Achillea millefolium. 
Miskwim’inag, fruit of Rubus strigosus. 
Miskwim’inakash, bush of same. 
Ashkashkata’minakwai, Clintenia borealis. 
Bashgisikana’gominan, berries of Sambucus racemosa. Pashetoneg- 
_ web told me of edible and darker colored berries of the same name, evi- 
dently the fruit of S. Canadensis, but I did not see the plant there. Bash- 
gisikan is gun; minan, berries. The intermediate syllables I can not ac- 
count for. The name refers to the practice of making pop guns from 
elder stems. 
Babashgisikana’tig, bush of elder. 
Kakagiwan’tag, Taxus Canadensis. 
Pukan’, Corylus rostrata. 
Miskwa’bimag, Cornus stolonifera. 
Osa’kitigomag, Echinospermum sp. 
Ni’ga-wimmin, “ goose berry,” Lonicera oblongifolia. 
Shi’gak-minan, “skunk berry,” fruit of Ribes floridum. Mimashga- 
wab informed me that there is a red berry of the same name, evidently 
the fruit of R. prostratum, which occurs there. 
Mishshitch’i-minan, fruit of Ribes rubrum. 
I could not find names for Lysimachia stricta, Actea alba, Chenopo- 
dium album and hybridum, or the Ashes. 
BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
New form of Baptisia calyeosa.—I wish to call attention to a plant in 
the last distribution of that excellent collector, Mr. A. H. Curtiss, of Jack- 
sonville, Florida. It is his No. 699*, and is sent out under the name of 
Baptisia calycosa Canby. The specimens which I have seen are, however, 
quite different in appearance from those originally collected by Miss 
Reynolds and Miss Floyd in the vicinity of St. Augustine. Asin most 
species of the genus, these were very smooth or even glaucous, the only 
pubescence being a sparse and often deciduous fringing of the stipules, 
leaves and calyx, with long white hairs. In Mr. Curtiss’s specimens the 
stems, branches and under side of the leaves (and also their margins and 
midrib above) are densely covered with a spreading or retrorse villosity 
which is still more strongly marked at each node of the stems. Appar- 
ently they retain their color in drying to some extent, while the type 
Specimens always appear quite black. Mr. Curtiss’s locality is at DeFuniak 
/ Springs, Wilson county, N. W. Florida, and as this must be about 300 
/ “miles from St. Augustine, it is possible that intermediate forms may oc- ° 
cur; if these do not turn up a varietal name will be necessary, and the 
plant in view may be designated as Baptisia calycosa, var. villosa.—W™. 
M. Canpy, 
