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aquatics of the region. But as we travel along the railroad we gather 

 Rhyncosia tomentosa, var. erecta, Lespedeza Stuvii and angustifolia. 



Turning into the woods we find Andropogon argenteus, Tipularia 

 discolor, in fruit, Polypremum procumbens, Smilax laurifolia in flower, 

 Chrysopsis graminifolia, and a little farther on, a sandy bank affords 

 some scores of specimens of Spiranthes simplex. Leguminoscs are very 

 abundant, Desmodium strictum, laevigatum, virdiflomm, ciliare, Dil- 

 lenii, and others. 



Around the shores of a mill-pond are found Elodes peiiolata, Ly co- 

 pus Europaeus, var. sessilifolius, Coreopsis discoidea. Scirpus leptolepis, 

 though too old for specimens, was seen where Mr. Commons first dis- 

 covered it. 



Such are some of the floral treasures which the peninsula offers to 

 the botanist, though, as my companions state, every year of increasing 

 cultivation narrows the limits of the regions dear to botanical enthu- 

 siasts, to whom one plant of Shortia would be more attractive than 

 acres of waving grain. 



And now news comes that two specimens of Shortia have been found 

 among the Southern Appalachians, and thus this seventy-five years 

 botanical myth has become a scientific fact. 



The writer hopes another season to explore these southern districts, 

 and to have something of interest to report from there to his brother 

 botanists. 



J. W. Chickering, Jr, 



The Tasmanian Wolf. 



Tiger or Zebra Wolf — Thylacinus cynocephalus. 



Among the great orders, or rather divisions of mammalia, that of 

 Macropidce excites our greatest curiosity ; besides, being that of which 

 as a class, the least is known. With the exception of the Virginia 

 opposum and its varieties, and, too, possibly three species of didelphys 

 peculiar to South America, the order is confined to Australia and the 

 isles of the Papuan group. 



The kangaroo and petauristes have been made familiar through the 

 mediumship of menageries, museums, and the writings of accredited 

 travellers, while the opposum is well known as belonging to our own 



