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BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
Diplopappus ericoides, T, & J3t .—To save., labor tp , some other;s who, like myself, 
work' under the double disadvantage 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 1862, I put the following in print. From our present standpoint it is evident 
that Diplopappus as formerly understood must be partitioned out among other neigh¬ 
boring genera, and of the species that concern us here one goes to section Ericameria 
of Aplopappus, and the other to. section Ortiiomeris of Aster. In the unavoidable* 
changing of names a confusion arises under the name above given, i. e., Diplopappus 
ericoides^ there being two plants that, bear the name in herbaria and books. The fol¬ 
lowing may in some sense clear up the matter: 
Diplopappus ericoides, T. & Gr. Bucepha¬ 
lus ericoides, Nutt. U lnulaf ericoides, Torr! 
yn Ann. Lyc.. New York, 2, p. 212. Chry- : 
'sopsis ericoides , Eaton, Man. Bot.” 
Now placed in Aster under Sect. Ortiio- 
meris. As the name ericoides is preoccu¬ 
pied in this genus I suggest for it Aster 
ericcefolius , which indicates*5 even more 
’ closely its general habit. 
See also Diplopappus ericoides, T. & Cl., 
Yol. V., King’s Report; PI. Wright., p. 78; 
PI. Fendl., p. 69; Bot. Mex. Bound., p. 78. 
Diplopappus ericoides, Less. Aplopappus 
ericoides , DC., and apparently also of 
Hooker and Arnott. See DC., Prod. V., p. 
278,; Bot. Beechy, p. 146; and FI. Cal. 1, p. 
318. 
In the last, Ericameria microphylla, Nutt.," 
is also cited as another name for tbc same, 
| and by this it appears in Flora of North 
| America, T. & G., 2, p. 236, 
, i 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 Adenostomafasciculaium,, Hook & Arn., 
or of Eriogonumfasciculattim, Benth.—as well as in habitat, that any furtliur descrip¬ 
tion is unnecessary.— J. T. Rothrock. 
Botanical Rambles in East Florida. —It was the 16th of February last when 
the fast and comfortable steamer “Geii’l. Sedgwick ” 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 plape 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 my mind absorbed by 
the novelties along.the way. Everywhere appeared the faces of Northern citizens. Tlie 
handsome white dwellings arid large 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 trees laden with golden fruit, and per¬ 
fuming the air with their fragrant blossoms, ornamented the streets. The mulberry was 
dropping its ripe fruit. The mocking birds, perched on the shrubs and trees, made the 
air tremulous with their many and varied tuned melodies. The bee was homeward 
bound, ladened with the poisonous pollen of the Jessamine. The grasshopper mapifest- 
ing all the suppleness of a midsummer day, and even the house fly, emboldened with 
brazen effrontery, would alight in the stranger’s way. Indeed, everywhere seemed, to 
pe life and it was difficult for me to realize the transition from the Cold northland to, this 
balmy June climate of the “ Supny Sofith.” 
< . The St, John’s is a .beautiful stream of water, placid and winding with many fine 
coves along its banks, and neat cottages with fine prange groves at' frequent intervals. 
So tranquil are its waters that the current is not perceptible save at times as marked by 
a line of the single floating plants of the Pistia spathulata, Miclix., which advance 
from and recede to the coves with the falling;, and rising of the tide. After several 
hours sailing the vegetation along the river appeared more advanced, the maple was just 
in full foliage and the black willow green with leaves, the cypress was dropping itis long 
pendulous aments*' and the Styrax grandifolia, 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 dhe tannic acid washed from them by the rains) and uniting 
