
          576.

wonderfully, it looked most beautiful to-day and I secured a
number of specimens for the press.  I went in the direction of
the Tipularia spot, hoping that some sign of them might be noticed
but there was none.  It was while on the path going to
this spot that I made a pleasant discovery,  which proved to be
Steironema lanceolatum.  Its ciliated petioles show that is is closely
related to Steironema ciliatum yet they are very distinct.  First of all
Steironema ciliatum grows much taller, averaging at least twice the height of
lanceolatum, then the leaves, ciliatum has long petioles, these are very
short, those of ciliatum are rounded or heartshaped at the base, while those of
lanceolatum are narrow & taper into the petiole.  The stem of this plant
is square & the upper leaves come together making whorls of fours.
On my way homeward a mulberry near the bridge attracted my 
attention.  It looked very much like the paper mulberry, although
it had not quite as many of those peculiar irregular
leaves as the paper mulberry generally has.  At first I thought
it might be the paper mulberry, but on closer inspection saw
the red fruit which at once settled the question.  This, too, settled
any other observation <s>and</s> that the paper mulberry can always
be distinguished from the mulberry by the presence of stipules on its
        