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The following plants also were collected on the top of the Las 

 Vegas Range (11,000 feet), and have been determined by Dr. 

 Rydberg : Ranunculus micropetalus (Greene) Ry db. ; Draba strcp- 

 tocarpa, A. Gray, alpine form; Anemone globosa Nutt.; SaxiJ- 

 raga austromontana Wiegand ; Androsace pinetonnn Greene ; 

 Pokmoninm delicatum Rydb., unusually large ; Antennaria apnea 

 Greene. Most of them, at least, must be new to the flora of 

 New Mexico. 



Parosela Jamesii (T. & G.) Vail. — Coulter, in the Botany of 

 Western Texas, says of this species : " flowers purple with a yel- 

 lowish standard." In the Wheeler Survey Botany the petals are 

 said to be yellowish or rose-color, scarcely exceeding the calyx. 

 As a matter of fact, the flowers are entirely bright canary-yellow, 

 turning ferruginous as they fade. The keel much exceeds the 

 calyx. The plant is very common at Las Vegas, N. M., flower- 

 ing early in June. Las Vegas specimens have been carefully 

 compared with the type of P. Jamesii by Miss A. M. Vail, and 

 she writes me that there is no difference whatever; "the type 

 has yellow flowers, some of the petals of which have faded into 

 a brown or reddish." Perhaps the publication of this note may 

 prevent some one from publishing P. Jamesii as a new species, 

 misled by the descriptions. 



East Las Vegas, N. M. 



A VISIT TO OKEFINOKEE SWAMP IN SOUTHERN 



GEORGIA 



By Roland M. Harper 

 ( Extracted from a Letter to Dr. J Jm K. Small. ) 



L suppose you received my card from Folkston ? The after- 

 noon of the next day Mr. Ricker and I entered the great Oke- 

 finokee, with a boat and a guide. We spent forty-five hours in 

 the swamp, and to say that I was surprised and delighted is 

 putting it mildly. It is certainly very different from what I ex- 

 pected. There is no danger or difficulty about it at all. We 

 went in on the canal about eleven miles, which took us nearly to 

 the middle of the swamp. 



