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petals, which last only a day or two. The calyx falls off as the 
bud expands, a characteristic of other members of the Poppy 
mi he anth bri 
varying in length and attached at the base of the ovary 
one later dove into a two-valved pod, at the top of which 
remains till it ripens 
wing to the variations in the lobing be its leaves Sanguinaria 
has been variously named, but it is generally considered a 
monotypic genus, widely distributed in the east fro ova 
Scotia to Manitoba and southward to Arkansas and Florida, 
occurring also at higher elevations in the Alleghanies 
Po . ae 
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on account of their showy flowers and ie foliage. 
BETH G. Britton 
THE NATURAL VEGETATION OF THE ISLE OF PINES, 
CUBA 
To THE SCIENTIFIC DiRECTORS: 
In continuation of botanical investigations in the West Indies, 
I visited the Isle of Pines in February and March, 1916, accom- 
aker, Jo 
of San Pedro, Mr. Ralph S, Bradley, of Los india r. Edward 
A. Phippen, of Siguanea, Mrs. A. L. Robertson, ee Vivitegua, 
and from many other residents. 
