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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
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  paratively 
  few, 
  and 
  his 
  ability 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  appreciated 
  here. 
  All 
  who 
  knew 
  him 
  held 
  him 
  in 
  high 
  

   esteem, 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  uniformly 
  kind, 
  courteous 
  and 
  charitable. 
  

   He 
  leaves 
  three 
  sons 
  and 
  one 
  daughter, 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  sons, 
  F. 
  A, 
  

   and 
  Leo 
  Lesquereux, 
  living 
  in 
  this 
  city, 
  and 
  H, 
  C. 
  Lesquer- 
  

   eux 
  in 
  Springfield, 
  Mass. 
  His 
  daughter 
  is 
  Mrs. 
  Anna 
  Ear- 
  

   hart, 
  widow 
  of 
  Edmunds 
  Earhart, 
  of 
  Marion 
  township. 
  '^ 
  

  

  Lesquereux's 
  retiring 
  disposition 
  prevents 
  us 
  from 
  know- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  fvill 
  extent 
  of 
  his 
  labors, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  full 
  extent 
  

   of 
  his 
  worth. 
  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  rank 
  him, 
  however, 
  as 
  the 
  second 
  

   bryologist 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  country 
  of 
  his 
  adoption 
  

   shares 
  his 
  fame 
  with 
  the 
  country 
  of 
  his 
  birth. 
  His 
  name 
  is 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  a 
  place 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  his 
  warm 
  friends, 
  Agassiz 
  

   and 
  Guyot- 
  

  

  BKIEFER 
  ARTICLES. 
  

  

  DouMe 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Epigaea 
  repens.— 
  This 
  species 
  attracted 
  the 
  

  

  attention 
  of 
  botanists 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  its 
  polymorphous 
  stamens 
  and 
  

   pistils, 
  and 
  its 
  tendency 
  to 
  dioeciousness. 
  .It 
  occasionally 
  indulges 
  in 
  the 
  

   freak 
  of 
  putting 
  forth 
  double 
  flowers. 
  One 
  locality 
  where 
  these 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  year 
  after 
  year 
  is 
  at 
  Plymouth, 
  K 
  H. 
  The 
  flowers 
  sent 
  for 
  exami- 
  

   nation 
  from 
  this 
  place 
  were 
  large, 
  deep 
  pink 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  with 
  their 
  

   numerous 
  petals, 
  much 
  prettier 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  single 
  ones. 
  There 
  

   was 
  great 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  transformation 
  of 
  stamens 
  to 
  petals. 
  

   Three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  flowers 
  examined 
  had 
  two 
  circles 
  of 
  five 
  

   petals 
  each, 
  the 
  inner 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  outer, 
  and 
  five 
  stamens 
  alternate 
  

   with 
  the 
  inner 
  petals. 
  The 
  outer 
  circle 
  formed 
  the 
  normal 
  salver-shaped 
  

   corolla 
  with 
  ovate 
  lobes, 
  but 
  the 
  inner 
  was 
  composed 
  of 
  five 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   very 
  unequal 
  petals 
  with 
  the 
  margins 
  irregularly 
  indented 
  or 
  toothed. 
  

   The 
  filaments 
  of 
  tlie 
  stamens 
  were 
  broadened 
  towards 
  the 
  top, 
  as 
  if 
  on 
  

   the 
  point 
  of 
  expanding 
  into 
  a 
  blade, 
  and 
  bore 
  imperfectly 
  developed 
  

   brownish 
  anthers 
  which 
  rarely 
  contained 
  any 
  pollen. 
  In 
  other 
  flowers 
  

   considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  degrees 
  of 
  cohesion 
  and 
  adhesion 
  was 
  ob- 
  

   served. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  infrequent 
  to 
  find 
  two 
  short-formed 
  stamens 
  adherent 
  

   to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  an 
  inner 
  petal. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  few, 
  more 
  double 
  flowers, 
  the 
  transformation 
  of 
  the 
  ten 
  stamens 
  

   to 
  petals 
  was 
  nearly 
  complete, 
  forming 
  three 
  circles 
  which 
  showed 
  all 
  

   stages 
  of 
  transition 
  from 
  a 
  narrowly 
  spatulate 
  form 
  suggestive 
  of 
  a 
  broad- 
  

   ened 
  filament 
  without 
  the 
  anther, 
  to 
  a 
  perfectly 
  formed 
  petal. 
  A 
  notice- 
  

   able 
  feature 
  in 
  these 
  cases 
  was 
  the 
  cohesion 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  more, 
  rarely 
  of 
  

   three, 
  petals 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  circles, 
  pointing 
  to 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  an 
  inner 
  

   corolla 
  tube. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  curious 
  change 
  of 
  all 
  had 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  pistil, 
  w^hich 
  

  

  