Vol. 3 March, 1903 No. 3 



TORREYA 



Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News 



EDITED FOR 



THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



MARSHALL AVERY HOWE 



JOHN TORREY, 179O-1873 



CONTENTS 



Vital Persistency of Agave Americana : S. B. Parish 33 



A Key to the North American Species of Lentinus — I : F. S. Earle 35 



The Pubescence of Species of Astragalus : Francis Ramalev 38 



Shorter Notes : 



Insect Visitors of Scrophularia : T. D. A. Cockerell 40 



Some interesting Hepaticae from Maine: Caroline Coventry Haynes 40 



Reviews : 



MacDougal's Influence of Light and Darkness upon Growth and 



Development: C. C. Curtis..' 41 



Proceedings of the Club : F. S. Earle.' 44 



News Items 47 



Published for the Club 



At North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. 

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