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  ^^90. 
  J 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  3O9 
  

  

  copious 
  supply 
  of 
  radical 
  shoots 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  usually 
  

   making 
  a 
  somewhat 
  dense, 
  cushiony 
  tuft 
  spreading 
  nearly 
  

   Hat 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  Having 
  sent 
  Mr. 
  Leggett 
  some 
  forms 
  of 
  

   L. 
  mmor 
  quite 
  different 
  in 
  mode 
  of 
  branching 
  and 
  growth, 
  

   more 
  bushy 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  habitat, 
  readily 
  detected 
  by 
  

   Its 
  appearance, 
  he 
  concluded 
  that 
  L. 
  minor, 
  var. 
  stricta, 
  was 
  

   specifically 
  distinct, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  a 
  characterization 
  was 
  

   ever 
  published, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  made 
  out, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  long 
  be- 
  

   lore 
  his 
  death. 
  I 
  find 
  no 
  tendency 
  in 
  the 
  forms 
  growing 
  here 
  

   rff 
  ^'^?^ 
  ^iito 
  one 
  another, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  distinguished 
  without 
  

   aifhculty. 
  What 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  has 
  been 
  sent 
  me 
  

   Irom^ew 
  England, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  one 
  Mr. 
  

   J-eggett 
  distributed 
  as 
  L. 
  minor, 
  var. 
  intermedia, 
  should 
  go 
  

   with 
  It, 
  though 
  somewhat 
  coarser 
  and 
  with 
  larger 
  fruit. 
  Hav- 
  

   ing 
  gathered 
  from 
  different 
  sections 
  considerable 
  material 
  

   which 
  goes 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Z. 
  mmor 
  Lam., 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  proves 
  

   unsatisfactory 
  in 
  classification, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  word 
  has 
  hardly 
  

   l^een 
  said 
  about 
  this 
  difficult 
  genus. 
  Of 
  the 
  two 
  plants 
  found 
  

   at 
  the 
  West 
  and 
  North, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  one, 
  having 
  the 
  

   strict 
  habit 
  of 
  growth, 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  open 
  places 
  of 
  dry 
  

   woods, 
  or 
  along 
  their 
  borders, 
  or 
  in 
  fields, 
  such 
  places 
  as 
  are 
  

  

  quented 
  by 
  L. 
  major, 
  while 
  I 
  have 
  always 
  found 
  the 
  others 
  

   among 
  the 
  low 
  bushes, 
  between 
  the 
  dry 
  sands 
  and 
  the 
  wet 
  

   jnargijis 
  of 
  sloughs, 
  conditions 
  of 
  soil 
  which 
  in 
  open 
  places 
  

   luinisli 
  a 
  congenial 
  home 
  for 
  L. 
  thymifolia 
  Michx. 
  A 
  little 
  

   experience 
  soon 
  shows 
  where 
  to 
  look 
  for 
  either, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  

   need 
  not 
  be 
  sought 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  conditions, 
  though 
  it 
  may 
  

   occur 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity. 
  These 
  habitats 
  are 
  so 
  char- 
  

   acteristic 
  and 
  constant 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  sometimes 
  tested 
  the 
  mat- 
  

   er 
  by 
  selecting 
  beforehand 
  from 
  some 
  more 
  elevated 
  place 
  

   spots 
  where 
  each 
  might 
  be 
  looked 
  for, 
  and 
  then 
  verified 
  the 
  

   act 
  by 
  fli^^jjjg 
  the 
  respective 
  kinds, 
  if 
  either 
  was 
  present. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  form 
  of 
  Impatiens 
  fulva 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  uVf- 
  1' 
  ^'■^^ving 
  with 
  the 
  tvpical 
  plant. 
  The 
  flowers 
  were 
  

  

  \nitish 
  mottled 
  with 
  red 
  spots, 
  the 
  general 
  effect 
  by 
  blending 
  

  

  ^i 
  colors 
  being 
  pink. 
  It 
  was 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  single 
  locality 
  

  

  ^'^ei-e 
  it 
  occured. 
  

  

  ^ine 
  specimens 
  of 
  three 
  closely-related 
  species 
  of 
  Papih- 
  

   acf>5i. 
  , 
  :_ 
  ,. 
  .-^.„ 
  . 
  , 
  ..1- 
  .i-„ 
  tjj^l,er 
  

  

  fi 
  

  

  e 
  

  

  hiTh^ 
  ^'^"ew 
  in 
  company 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  tin 
  

   un 
  tk- 
  f" 
  burned, 
  and 
  where 
  bushes 
  and 
  brakes 
  had 
  spr 
  _ 
  

   and 
  T 
  ^^" 
  ^^^""^^ 
  '"^'^''^^ 
  ^'^cia 
  Americana, 
  Lathyrus 
  venosus 
  

   y 
  .J-, 
  ochroleucus. 
  All 
  were 
  very 
  vigorous 
  plants. 
  The 
  

   cia 
  was 
  high-climbing 
  and 
  slightly 
  pubescent. 
  The 
  up- 
  

   ^ 
  P^^t 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  L. 
  venosus 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  

  

  