﻿BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  February, 
  

  

  was 
  

  

  ore 
  of 
  the 
  poisonous 
  fungus 
  to 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  W 
  

  

  and 
  from 
  the 
  material 
  sent 
  by 
  him 
  the 
  species 
  

  

  o 
  - 
  Bo8c. 
  A« 
  the 
  fungus 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Southern 
  States, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  the 
  hogs 
  of 
  

  

  other 
  States 
  possess 
  the 
  same 
  fondness 
  for 
  this 
  most 
  extraordinary 
  diet. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  connection 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  an 
  admirable 
  

  

  memoir 
  on 
  Phalloide^e^ 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ed. 
  Fischer 
  of 
  Berne. 
  He 
  considers 
  C. 
  

  

  cdumnatus 
  

  

  I 
  He 
  also 
  

  

  places 
  C. 
  trimapm 
  Mont.,Tvhich 
  occurs 
  in 
  Florida, 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  

   as 
  var. 
  Brasiliemis. 
  Sirablum 
  rubescens 
  Gerard 
  together 
  with 
  var. 
  Ka7ismm 
  

   Cragin 
  are 
  merged 
  in 
  Simhlum 
  ^ph^rocephalum 
  Schlecht. 
  PhnUits 
  diipli<^' 
  

   tus 
  Bosc, 
  P. 
  Dpemmnm 
  (Rumpf), 
  P. 
  cdlaris 
  Cragin 
  and 
  Hymenophallus 
  

   togatus 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  Dielyophora 
  phalloides 
  De^vaux, 
  thus 
  bringing 
  all 
  

   the 
  indusiate 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  under 
  one 
  species. 
  The 
  syn- 
  

   onymy 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  of 
  Mutinus 
  is 
  still 
  perplexing, 
  for 
  the 
  original 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  and 
  type 
  specimens 
  are 
  not 
  sufficient 
  to 
  show 
  clearly 
  the 
  

   limits 
  of 
  several 
  species.— 
  W.G. 
  Farlow, 
  Cimbridg^, 
  Miss. 
  

  

  CiilorophyU 
  iu 
  the 
  emhryo.— 
  Tlie 
  Ga/ette 
  has 
  mentioned 
  Dr. 
  Camp- 
  

   bell's 
  note 
  on 
  chlorophyll 
  in 
  the 
  embryo 
  of 
  Celastrus. 
  Other 
  examples 
  

   may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Tilia 
  Americana 
  and 
  Ipomoei 
  purpurea, 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  

   some 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  during 
  the 
  la«t 
  five 
  months. 
  In 
  its 
  earliest 
  

   stages 
  the 
  embryo 
  is 
  white. 
  

  

  soon 
  

  

  traces 
  of 
  the 
  cotyledons 
  can 
  be 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  eye 
  in 
  the 
  cross-section 
  

   of 
  tlie 
  seed. 
  It 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  cotyledons 
  while 
  the 
  pod 
  is 
  developing. 
  

   When 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  ripe 
  and 
  the 
  pod 
  begins 
  to 
  dry 
  thou 
  the 
  color 
  

   diminishes 
  and 
  becomes 
  a 
  light 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  shrunken 
  seed 
  which 
  

   drops 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  dehiscence. 
  If 
  the 
  pods 
  and 
  their 
  

   contents 
  be 
  buried 
  in 
  earth 
  while 
  yet 
  green 
  and 
  immature 
  they 
  promptly 
  

   send 
  up 
  thrifty 
  plants 
  which 
  come 
  tofloveerand 
  produce 
  fertile 
  seeds, 
  

   thus 
  shortening 
  the 
  life-circle 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  giving 
  it 
  no 
  "resting 
  

   stage," 
  I 
  learn 
  that 
  some 
  gardeners 
  have 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  this 
  fact 
  in 
  

   burymg 
  "green 
  peas" 
  in 
  the 
  pod 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  previous 
  year, 
  

   thus 
  obtammg 
  a 
  more 
  speedy 
  result. 
  I 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  ob- 
  

   servers 
  m 
  more 
  southern 
  localities 
  find 
  that 
  Ipomoea, 
  when 
  favorably 
  

   situated 
  produces 
  its 
  new 
  seedlings 
  by 
  a 
  natural 
  or 
  accidental 
  burial 
  

   -^^»^- 
  pod 
  without 
  its 
  arri 
  v.] 
  ..f 
  ......;f. 
  . 
  q. 
  B. 
  Atwell, 
  Evandon^ 
  Bl 
  

  

  EDITORIAL. 
  

  

  Botanical 
  

  

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  publication 
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  that 
  in 
  a 
  late 
  

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  of 
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  able 
  and 
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  editor. 
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  Dr. 
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