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editors will consider, besides the botanical value of the articles, 
their literary worth, timeliness, also the care and accuracy used 
in their preparation. Specimens should be available, on request, 
for verification of names cited in the articles. It is desirable, 
but not obligatory that all manuscripts be typewritten, but this 
will have no effect on the judges’ decision. They must, however, 
be written on one side of the sheet only. 
Note: No manuscript will be considered to which the author's 
rue name is affixed. All articles must be signed by some 
pseudonym, and a key to the latter sent in with the article in а 
separate sealed envelope, marked on the outside “Key to...... 
etc. After deciding as to the relative merits of the various 
articles the judges will open the envelopes containing the identi- 
fications of the pseudonyms. 
All manuscripts must be mailed so as to be in on or before 
October 1, 1912. They should be sent to the editor of TORREYA, 
NorMAN TAYLOR 
CENTRAL MUSEUM, 
EASTERN PARKWAY, 
BROOKLYN, N. 
KEY TO THE WILD HERBS FLOWERING 
IN THE SPRING * 
Bv CHESTER ARTHUR DARLING 
Blowers 
y yellow, not at all red nor merely with a yellow center. .2. 
Flowers dot. ТЕНЕ s, ol ee eer Soe ea угш: 
. Flowers irregular, one petal modified into a swollen sac I in. or more long; 
leaves several, ovate, with entire margin 
ellow ксн (Cypripedium hirsutum.) 
b. Flower not completely a6 ind... oos oe as Ces ce ee 
3 a. Leaves in т or 2 whorls on an upright stem; flowers 4-1 in. broad, curving 
beneath the upper leaves; styles ne ican 
Indian Cucumber-root. (Medeola virginiana.) 
b. Plautia not completely dà Ти eres е ee eke Dos ee ee 4. 
aos 
* This key isd 1 f determining, in the field, the wild herbs 
to be found about New York City MAS the spring months or until June. In 
using the key it is always desirable to read both a and b before choosing between 
them; accuracy in observation and in following the key is of first importance. 
Additional copies may be had for 10 cents by addressing the author at Columbia 
University, New York City. 
