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freslit-nutans, the types of which have never been studied closely by 
any American. £. hirsuta Kit. ex Boiss. in DC. Prod. 15?:-116; 
and £. hirsuta Schur., Verh. Sieb. Ver. Nat. 4:66 are plants of a sec- 
tion far removed from Dr. Torrey’s £. hypericifolia var. hirsuta which, 
EUPHORBIA HELLERII. 
for the present, at least, it is better to let alone. Professor Greene 
noting this synonymizing of Mr. Wiegand (Pitt. 3: 207) adds one more 
name for good measure, &. Rafinesquit, and all because the good Linné 
did not mention the fact that his type of Z. hypericifolia was hairy! 
EupHorsia BrasiLiensis Lam.—In making up his Durango sets 
for distribution, Dr. Edward Palmer mixes this species with his £. Pres/it 
Guss.? under no. 894. The black seeded specimens are Z. Preslit, 
the cinereous ones Z. Brasiliensis.— Cuartes F. Mitispaucu, Field 
Columbian Museum, Chicago. 
JOSEPH F. JOOR: 
THE south has always been a land of peculiar botanical interest. 
Its vegetation, bordering on the tropical, many years ago attracted the 
“While working with Dr. Joor’s plants, purchased by the Missouri Botanical 
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