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wings and keel more or less tinged with purple ; wings and 

 keel nearly equal, exceeded by standard : either abortive petal- 

 iferous spikes or undeveloped apetalous flowers occur in the axils 

 of some of the petioles : no pods seen. 



Specimens seen : New Jersey, Mt. Arlington, no. 2J28, Mac- 

 kenzie, 26 August, 1906; Missouri, Eagle Rock, Mackenzie, 28 

 September, 1896. 



SHORTER NOTES 



CoRALLORHizA MACULATA Rafinesoue. — In Lcaflcts (i : 237. 

 1906), Professor Greene takes up the name Cladorliiza viacnlata 

 Raf. (Am. Mo. Mag. i : 429. 18 17) for the species long known as 

 Corallorhiza Wisteriana Conrad (Journ. Philad. Acad. 6 : 145. 

 1829), and makes what purports to be the new combination 

 Corallorhiza viacnlata. Rafinesque's description, though brief, 

 cannot, as Professor Greene indicates, refer to any other species 

 of the genus in the northeastern states. That Rafinesque first 

 noticed the species in the vicinity of Philadelphia, as Professor 

 Greene surmises, seems doubtful in the light of a second note by 

 Rafinesque, in which he writes : 



'' Coralorhiza niacnlata. Roots branched, palmate articulate, 

 stem round, sheaths acute ; raceme loose, flowers drooping, 

 sepals lanceolate, nearly obtuse, labellum recurved elliptic white, 

 red spotted, auriculated on each side of the base, toothed and 

 obtuse at the apex. * * * This grows in the shady woods of 

 Long Island near Flatbush, Flushing, Oyster-bay, etc. : it blos- 

 soms in July and August, the whole plant is yellowish, size 

 about one foot." (Am. Mo. Mag. 2: 119. D 18 17.) This 

 gives a definite type locality for the species and it would be in- 

 teresting to know whether the species is still to be found in the 

 localities indicated by him. 



Homer D. House. 

 Clemson College, S. C. 



Ipomoea triloba L. in the Philippines. — In 1837, Blanco 

 described a Philippine plant, which seemed to him distinct from 

 any Linnaean species, as Convohnlus dcntatns. As this name 



