PEEIPATETIC BOTANY 



When I called upon my friend the entomologist, 

 a few evenings ago, she informed me that she had 

 passed a very exciting day. While out on her 

 usual insect-collecting expedition, along the bay 

 shore, she had come suddenly upon an unknown 

 plant growing among the mangrove bushes. A 

 glance at the blossom showed that it must belong 

 to the mallow family, and on getting back to the 

 hotel and consulting the manual, she determined 

 it at once as JPavonia racemosa, — " Miami and 

 Key Biscayne." Every collector knows the plea- 

 sure of discovering a plant or other specimen, 

 the known habitat of which is entitled to this 

 kind of exact specification. 



" Very good," said I, when she had finished 

 the story, " I shall go down to-morrow and look 

 at Pavonia racemosa for myself." 



The next afternoon, therefore, saw me at the 

 place ; but it appeared that I had not sufficiently 

 attended to my friend's instructions. At all 

 events, I could find nothing that looked like a 

 Malva. In a country so richly and strangely 

 furnished as this, however, a visitor cannot turn 



