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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

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  fungi, 
  of 
  saprophytic 
  forms, 
  of 
  mosses 
  and 
  ferns, 
  and 
  flowering 
  plants. 
  

   Altogether 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  company 
  well 
  distributed 
  in 
  interest 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  lo- 
  

   cality. 
  From 
  Dr. 
  Sereno 
  Watson 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher 
  of 
  Canada 
  

   on 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Bessey 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Frank 
  Earle 
  

   on 
  the 
  Gulf, 
  is 
  the 
  range 
  represented 
  by 
  that 
  collection 
  of 
  botanists, 
  

   ihose 
  who 
  live 
  at 
  intermediate 
  stations 
  need 
  not 
  expect 
  to 
  have 
  their 
  

   names 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  there, 
  over 
  sixty 
  strong. 
  

  

  These 
  sandstone 
  gorges 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  untouched 
  Indiana 
  for- 
  

   est, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  dinner 
  was 
  served 
  on 
  tables 
  that 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  open 
  air 
  under 
  the 
  trees. 
  The 
  meal 
  was 
  ample 
  and 
  so 
  were 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   petites, 
  and 
  the 
  drive 
  back 
  through 
  the 
  moonlight 
  to 
  the 
  special 
  train 
  

   brought 
  to 
  a 
  close 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  delightful 
  botanical 
  excursions 
  the 
  

   <^lub 
  has 
  ever 
  enjoyed. 
  

  

  After 
  dinner 
  the 
  Club 
  passed 
  the 
  following 
  resolutions: 
  

  

  \(\o!x?n^'^^^'^-' 
  ^^^^ 
  ^*^ 
  ^° 
  hereby 
  express 
  our 
  most 
  hearty 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  

   taik 
  n?!!!™'*'^®® 
  ^°^ 
  *^** 
  thoughtfulness 
  and 
  care 
  with 
  which 
  all 
  the 
  de- 
  

   nirK 
  excursion 
  were 
  planned 
  and 
  carried 
  out 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Iml^ 
  "\^st 
  pleasurable 
  entertainment; 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  B. 
  F. 
  Pierce, 
  of 
  the 
  

   for 
  fr 
  ^^° 
  ' 
  ^«^catur 
  and 
  Western 
  Railway, 
  to 
  whom 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  

   Bovd 
  f! 
  '''/V^^P^^'^'^tion 
  on 
  the 
  railroad, 
  and 
  to 
  Superintendent 
  L. 
  A. 
  

   nfti^t- 
  ^^"^^ 
  courtesy 
  in 
  accompanying 
  the 
  train 
  and 
  giving 
  personal 
  

   attention 
  to 
  our 
  comfort 
  and 
  safety. 
  

  

  Leeoh 
  f 
  tf' 
  •^^*^'^^'*"»»''«> 
  That 
  we 
  tender 
  our 
  heartv 
  thanks 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   liditfni 
  satisfactory 
  repast 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  were 
  regaled 
  at 
  his 
  de- 
  

  

  guests 
  ^""^'"^^ 
  remn, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  kindly 
  attention 
  he 
  gave 
  us 
  as 
  his 
  

  

  m 
  1 
  *^'*"""*^'^**'**®soMlsoi>jruiiibiternatnra.— 
  Following 
  a 
  suggestion 
  

  

  the 
  r 
  ? 
  ^^^ 
  "^^^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^' 
  ^' 
  ^^^^^^' 
  I 
  began 
  some 
  time 
  since 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  

   8i,r 
  p 
  ^^*"'' 
  ^*^03^ 
  name 
  forms 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  paper. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  in- 
  

   gen" 
  T"^ 
  "^^mber, 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  size 
  at 
  least, 
  of 
  the 
  Ranunculaceae. 
  In 
  

   \^ 
  appearance 
  it 
  greatly 
  resembles 
  its 
  near 
  relation, 
  the 
  little 
  

  

  tinr'"^T^^'^' 
  ^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  ^'^ 
  ^^'''^ 
  ^"^^ 
  structure. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  most 
  easily 
  di.s- 
  

   sen^th 
  *^ 
  ^^ 
  ^^ 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  root. 
  The 
  latter 
  pre- 
  

   A\r^- 
  .,. 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  tuberous-like 
  thickenings, 
  gradually 
  

  

  <liin 
  

  

  shing 
  

  

  roots 
  

  

  or 
  rather 
  

  

  four 
  A 
  acnene, 
  as 
  in 
  Anemoneiia, 
  Dui 
  a 
  p<xi, 
  ui 
  lituici 
  

  

  ever 
  ' 
  ^ 
  ^^."""^'ng 
  a 
  spreading 
  sort 
  of 
  quadrangle. 
  The 
  number, 
  how- 
  

   in 
  ni 
  '^ 
  "°^ 
  invariable, 
  occasionally 
  but 
  two, 
  frequently 
  three, 
  appearing 
  

   also 
  j'^'^"'"'^^'' 
  though 
  the 
  embryology 
  shows 
  normally 
  four. 
  The 
  flower, 
  

   havi 
  '""^^^"^j^ct 
  ^^ 
  ^^^ 
  remarkable 
  variability 
  exhibited 
  by 
  Anemoneiia, 
  

  

  I 
  ^^ 
  ^ 
  '■u^e 
  five 
  petaloid 
  sepals. 
  

   in.7« 
  f^^^^ 
  ^^ 
  *b^ 
  micro-chemical 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  tuberous-.like 
  thicken- 
  

  

  roots 
  

  

  posits 
  f 
  ^^/vcaicu 
  me 
  ausence, 
  niucii 
  w> 
  iiij^ 
  ouipnoc, 
  wi 
  c»"j 
  ^-^ 
  

  

  cells 
  of 
  l^^"^^'^ 
  therein. 
  Further 
  reactions 
  revealed 
  the 
  presence 
  in 
  the 
  

   further 
  ' 
  ^^^^P^^^^^^n^^ 
  tissue 
  of 
  small 
  quantities 
  of 
  aleurone. 
  Still 
  

   'nulin^ 
  '"J^fstigation 
  showed 
  the 
  presence 
  in 
  the 
  fundamental 
  tissue 
  of 
  

  

  inis 
  appeared 
  the 
  chief 
  storage 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  The 
  same 
  

  

  