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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
Diplopapbus; ericoides, T. & G.— 1 To save labor, to some/others who, like myself, 
iwork under the double ,d is advantage of a rather limited library and an herbarium (rich 
^enough in the later new species) with but‘few specimens from the original sets made 
prior to 1,862, I put the following in print. From our present standpoint it is evident 
that Biplopappus as formerly hnderstoj&d must be partitioned out among other neigh¬ 
boring genera, ,and of the species that concern us v here one goes to section Ericameria 
of Aplopappus , and 1 the other to section (Jrtiiomeris oy Aster. In the unavoidable 
changing of names a confusion arises under the’/name above given, i. e., Biplopappus 
ericoides , there being two plants'* that' bear the name in/lerbaria and books. The fol¬ 
lowing may in some sense clear up the matter 
Eucepha- 
. ricoidek Tol_. 
in Ann. Lyc., New York, 2, p. 212. \Chry- 
sopsis ericoides , Eaton, Man. Bot.” \ 
Now placed in Aster under Beet. Ortho- 
meris. As the, name ericoides is preoccu¬ 
pied in tliis genus I suggest for it Aster 
ericcefolius , which indicates even more 
closely its general habit. | 
See also Biplopappus ericoides, T. &\G., 
Yol. Y-, King’s Report; PI. Wright., p. ^8; 
PI. F&ndl. ; p. .69; Bot. Mex. Bound., p. 78. 
The two plants,are so different in habit,-^the one suggestive of (so far as arrange¬ 
ment of the foliage goes) Erica, and, the other of Adeno stoma fas ciculatum, Hook & Arn., 
1 or of Eriogonum fascicalatum, Bentli.—as fyel/ as in’ habitat, that any furtliur descrip¬ 
tion is unnecessary.—J. T. Rotiirock. 
ericoides, Less. Aplopappus 
and apparently also of 
Hooker aid Arnott. See DC., Prod. Y., p. 
278; Bot/Beechy, p. 146; and FI. Cal. I, p. 
■ In the last, Ericameria microphylla, Nutt., 
is alsocited as another name for the same, 
and by this it appears in Flora of North 
America, T. & G.,2, p. 236. 
Botanical Rambles in E^st FloridY.-V-H was the 16th of February last when 
the fast and comfortable steamer “ Gen’lySedgwick’’ landed me at the beautiful little 
town of Palatka, located upon an elevated site on the west bank of the river, and about 
75 miles from Jacksonville. The enterprise and neatness of the place with its pleasant 
surroundings make it at once attractive/and inviting to the traveler. I walked through 
the open built town to a hotel and my Attention\was attracted and ray mind absorbed by 
the novelties along the way.. Everywhere appeared the faces of Northern citizens. The 
handsome, white dwellings and largJ hotels were pleasing to the eye. The natives 
struggling through the deep loose sand in the\ streets with their ox-teams suggested 
.poverty with the ludicrous. The wild orange tnees laden with golden fruit, and per¬ 
fuming the air with their fragrantAdossoms, ornamented the streets. The mulberry was 
dropping its ripe fruit. The mociing birds, perchted on the shrubs and trees, made the 
air tremulous with their many mjd varied tuned melodies. The bee was homeward 
; bound, ladened with the poisonc/us pollen of the Jessamine. The grasshopper manifest¬ 
ing all the suppleness of a midsummer day, and even the house fly, emboldened with 
. brazen effrontery,-would ali ght in the stranger’s wa 
be life and it was difficult. for/ne to'realize the transi 
balmy June climate of the “Sunny South.” 
| The St. John’s is-a beautiful stream of water, 
coves along its banks, andyheat cottages with fine orknge groves at frequent intervals. 
So tranquil are its waters/that the current is hot perceptible save at times as marked by 
a line of the single Homing plants of the Pistia spathulata, Michx., which advance 
from and recede to the /coves with the falling and rising of the,-tide. After several 
hours sailing the vegetal ion along the river appeared mbre advanced, the maple was just 
in full foliage and thWblack willow green with leaves, the cypress was dropping its lpng 
pendulous aments, and the Styrax grdndifolia, Ait., white with blossoms. The Austra¬ 
lian pine and the saw palmetto are constant companions!, and so abundant are, the large 
root stems of the latter that the tannic acid washed from! them by the rains -and uniting 
Indeed, everywhere seemed- to 
l from the cold northland to this 
|acid and winding with many fine 
