BOT'ANWICAL GAZETTE. 139 upper loaves ovate-ltanceolate, lower lanceolate inclining to spatulate. Comparative measuremients of lower leaves, as follows. FIntST FonM.-Lengthi, 4% inclhes; Gr. widtlh, 2 1-17; widtlh, 1. inell above base 1Y8. SECOND Foitm.-Lenr,th, 6 inchels: Gr. widtlh, 1 1-16; width, 1 inch above base, %. Of the second formll all but a few of the upper l)airs of leaves are colisl)icuously narrowed towar(l the base. The steill and leaves are. too roughl to be referred to the

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... ty lwee. Echinacea anguw8tifolict, DC. Rtatlher rai e. Rudbecki(t subtomnentosa, Purslh. Abundant. Coreop8t8pis pat'iata, Nutt. Tolerably abundant. Dy8odi(b chrysanthemoides, Lag. Entirely too colmimonn alonig roadsides where it exlhales its offensive odlor. Cacahat tuberosa, Nutt. Grows abundantly in wvet places. ltantqgo P.Jatagonica, Jacq., var. aristata, Gray. Very colmimon along roadsides. T1le var. is quite distinct fromi the typical forill Ruellib Gilt(.8, Nees. Very abunidant along lhedges. Several patclhes were observed in wlhiel the corolla was cream-colored anid miiarke(d inside witlh (da.rk lines. Verbena hwetata, L. Called "Iron-weed" here. Grows in pastures, sonmetiinels taking colinj)lte possessioni of them. At Icast three-fourtlhs of the plants examlined were witlhout lhastalte leaves. Corolla often rose-colored. Verbena 8trid-cta, Vent. Not so comm1ii0on as the last. Asclepia8 tuberosa, L. Very slhowy and( very coniinon. A specimiien was found having the umnibels arrangred in two terminal r acemes instead of a corymil). Eaclh raceme was about a foot long" bearing the umIbels in the axils of the leaves. Ascleptias verticillata, L, Very delicate anid by nio means abundant. Acerate8 1ongzifolia, ElI. Grows in clumps in old pastures. Jiabenuaritb leucophAa, Grayv. Rare a1(l beautiful. Tr?adesca,ntia Virrginica, L. Grows along every lhedge. I ol)served a cluster of ten or twelve stalks lhaving the petals l)ale lavenll(ler color tand tlhe filaments bearded witl magen-ta hlairs. C(yperlm infle.xu18, ull. SCarce. Onlly six or (ight plats were secured. BoubteloZ(i curtipeld.ula, Gray. Grows in p)atchesallaong1r the prairie grass. Trip8acwm dactyloides, L. Grows witlh A p(otina cynos?u)oides and resembles it to some exteent.-C. IR. BARNES, J((dison, Iuldiana. SOUE LARGE SPECIMENS OF AUrSE&MA TILIPHIYLLUJM --In the July nulmiber of the GA-ZETTE, iii the article, of Mr. Barnes, I find measuremnents of an A-hi#ma triphyllurn frolml Trinuible county, Ky., aIId a request for t-lhc record of a larger one. In tllis species, as in the otlhers mieitioned, Jefflerson county still leads. In July, while taking a botaniictlI trip tlhrouigh oi1e of tlle ravines niear Hanover, n1m attentioi wtaIs arrested by an Anis(e8ua, wlichl I iclt convinced miust exceed the measurements given by Mr. Barnes. Its nicas-ureuIentS,3wcrc as follows: Heighlit 4A52 inchies: side leaflets 122 inchies long by 8 broad: end leaflet 132 inciles by 7 broad; spread of lateral leaflets 261, inlices; diamieter at base of stalk I12 inchies; circumference of corm 7? inches. It will be noticed that the heighlt of thlis exceeds tilhit recorded by Mr. Bairnes over 15 inlices; that time leaflets are froml 2? to 38 inchies loncger, but an incih or two narrower; and the diameter of thle stalk and(l cor-n the salile. Tlle leng(rth of spadix and spathe could not be obtainied on accounit of thleir having withiere(l. This was not an exceptional specimen, sitnce in the immilediate vicinity I miieasured 12 othiers whiiclh exceeded 40 inclies in lengthi witih other measures proportional, anid there miust liave been fully 100 specimens exceeding 3 feet. A great variation in time propor-This content downloaded from 131.172.036.