Vol III. 
APRIL, 1916 
No- 4 
AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE 
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
CONTENTS 
The morphology and affinities of Gnetum .Walter P. Thompson 135 
Notes on the distribution and growth of North ©akota Cuscutae. 
O. A. Stevens 185 
Lysichiton camtschatcense (L.) Schott, and its behavior in Sphagnum bogs. 
GOTE TURESSON l89 
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