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York Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, the National 

 Herbarium, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



Drosera annua seems to be closely related to D. brevifolia, 

 from which it differs in its smaller corolla, rose-colored petals, 

 less pubescence, and drier habitat. 



In one of my field trips in April, 1914, I was surprised to find a 

 species of Drosera growing in an open oak wood that is invading 

 an abandoned field. It was growing among such flowers as 

 Sabbatia campestris, Phlox Drummondii, Alsinopsis NuUallii, 

 Linum multicaule, Lechea Drummondii, and Opuntia grandiflora. 

 An attempt to classify it failed and a close study of it this spring 

 convinced me that it is an undescribed species. 



A VISIT TO THE PINE BARRENS 



By W. a. Murrill 



The program of the Twentieth Anniversary of the New York 

 Botanical Garden included a visit to the pine barrens of New 

 Jersey on Friday, September 10, under the guidance of Mr. Percy 

 Wilson, chairman of the field committee of the Torrey Botanical 

 Club. The party of about fifty botanists left New York on the 

 Atlantic City express at 9:50 A.M. and arrived at Tom's River 

 at 12:20, where lunch was served. 



The day was clear and warm, with a pleasant breeze. Coats 

 and other impediments were left at the hotel and the party was 

 soon in the barrens among small pine trees and huckleberry bushes. 

 The soil being chiefly sand and the water level low, fleshy fungi 

 developed lower down in the soil than usual and emerged through 

 the sand and leaf-mold, usually bringing up considerable soil 

 with them. This was particularly true of Russula delica and 

 Melanoleuca eguestris. I learned to look for these species by 

 prying into what appeared to be mole hills. 



As the season was dry, very few fleshy fungi were found, but 

 these were mostly of interest. A number of parasitic and woody 

 forms were discovered which will not be listed here. 



At about six o'clock, our special car came for us and we dined 

 en route, arriving in New York at 9:45 P.M., having enjoyed a 



