Vol. 33 May -June, 1933 No. 3 



TORREYA 



A Bi-Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News 



EDITED FOR 



THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



BY 



GEORGE T. HASTINGS 



John Torrey, 1796-1873 



CONTENTS 



Desert wild flowers. Jack Whitehead 57 



Rock Tripes on a Long Island glacial boulder. Raymond H. Torrey. ... 63 



A poison ivy experiment. Ralph C. Benedict 65 



A new species of Vitex from South America. Harold N. Moldenke. ... 67 



A new Silene from Washington. C. V. Morton and J. W. Thompson. . . 70 



A fossil golden rod. T. D. A. Cockerell 72 



Book review 



Darlington's Recent Advances in Cytology. Cecil Yampolsky 73 



Field Trips of the Club 76 



Proceedings of the Club 77 



News Notes 80 



Published for the Club 

 By The Geokge Banta Publishing Company 

 450-454 Ahnaip Stkeet, Menasha, Wisconsin 



Entered as second class matter at the post office at Menasha, Wisconsin, 

 under the Act of March 3, 1879 



