other specimens with the bark split at the base, evidently by 

 ice. He also stated that he had not seen much ice on it since the 

 dates mentioned, though the phenomenon continued to be 

 manifested by the Verbesina, but with diminishing intensity 

 (as observed by Dr. Dickerson in the case of Pluchea in Ten- 

 nessee). 



The interesting thing about the Lespedeza record is that 

 this is the first report of this phenomenon from the large and 

 widely distributed family of Leguminosae (using the name in 

 the old sense) that has come to my notice. That particular spe- 

 cies is common and widely distributed, in dry woods, nearly 

 throughout the eastern United States, and it is strange that no 

 one had noticed ice crystals on it before. But probably most 

 botanists do not get out in the country early enough on frosty 

 mornings to keep up with what is going on in nature. 



University, Ala. 



