NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 373 
of Humboldt and Bonpland is endet guise — ‘a European 
tree! 'The Vanilla, Cacao and Quinoa cultiv n the desert west of 
the Color dol Zinnia elegans, Georgina coccinea, as a purga are all 
placed too far northward. Robinia viscosa and hispida between the upper 
Pinus pa 
from West Indies, transplanted to the North American continent; Juglans 
oliveformis, our Pecan aud Castanea pumila in the Rocky Mountains, and 
Kalmia cuneata on the Red River; Aristolochia officinalis (probably Ser- 
pentaria), Tent capreolata in Michigan ; PHOTOS Lotus an European 
tree; almonds and figs cultivated near Lake Ontario! And so on! Should 
all these errors be ee acs in the second aition, the ou sa iia of 
the work into our schools will be a great nuisance. — F. BRENDEL. 
NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 
BOTANY. 
DIALYSIS piene hes AMINODY IN KALMIA LATIFOLIA. — These two technical 
words we take from Dr. Masters’ interesting volume published last year 
by the Ray sco gia Bron ** Vegetable Tamar which last word 
denotes the science of monstrosities. Dialysis is the term applied to the 
separation of parts which are normally abst staminody is the conver- 
sion of other organs into stamens 
We have before us a novel and specially ap esy monstrosity which 
is described by these terms. It was discovered by Mis s Bryant, at South 
Deerfield in this state, and we are unis to her, through a common 
corolla is separated into its five component petals, and these transforme 
into stamens. Altered as they are in shape, yet a trace of the pouch is 
often discernible, in the form of a little boss on the outer or lower side, 
and a slight corresponding depression on the upper. The anther is ex- 
