Robert H. Mohlenbrock is one of the most prolific writers of present day plant scientists. Many of his articles on the plants of Illinois have appeared in CASTANEA, as well as in numerous other journals.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock is one of the most prolific writers of present day plant scientists. Many of his articles on the plants of Illinois have appeared in CASTANEA, as well as in numerous other journals.
An extremely interesting, well-written, yet informative book, is this one concerning several members of the Solanaceae, the nightshade or potato family.
This little paperback, translated from the French by Bernard Fielding, is one of the latest in an international series of specially commissioned books, and is a valuable contribution to the history of Oriental biology.
Although this book on Human Biology may seem out of place in a botanical journal, any biologist interested in Evolution and its trends will find much readable information in this volume. The author has assembled a series of 29 articles dealing with human variation and evolution, each by an authority (viz., Ernst Mayr, G. C. Simpson, T. Dobzhansky, W. W. Howells, etc.) in the area of the article.
The naming of a pink-opening occurrence of Trillium grandiflorum in the September, 1969 number of CASTANEA (34: 329) brought back memories of my introduction to this plant many years ago.
(A. Br.) Magnus was found by the writer in Harris Lake, on Chestnut Ridge, Monongalia County, W. Va., in October, 1969. This plant has been reported previously for three counties, Preston, Hampshire, and Morgan; Monongalia therefore becomes the fourth county record (Clovis No. 1497).
Lycopodium obscurum was found on a creek bank in White County, Georgia. The plant was observed growing on this spot some fifty years ago by my grandmother. While I was an undergraduate at the University of Georgia, the genus Lycopodium was covered thoroughly in Botany 122 lecture. I was sure I had seen a plant which much resembled this genus and so brought a specimen to the University. The identification of the plant was confirmed by Dr. Wilbur Duncan, Department of Botany, University of Georgia.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Herbarium announces that it has acquired the excellent private herbarium and seed collection of the late James E. Benedict, Jr., of Silver Spring, Maryland. These collections were donated by his sons, James E. Benedict, III, and Joseph E. Benedict, following his death in 1969.
Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House ranges widely over the Northeastern United States and is known as well from a few stations in the Southern Appalachians (Fosberg, 1961). Among these latter is the only West Virginia record, “Gatewood Switch, Pendleton County”, reported by Strausbaugh & Core (1952) as Botrychium dissectum Spreng. forma oneidense (Gilbert) Clute. However, this taxon has been collected often in those Ohio counties adjacent to West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, so that its occurrence there seemed not unlikely.
The vascular flora of east-central Virginia, in the vicinity of Richmond, is being collected at present as a nucleus for the new herbarium at Virginia Commonwealth University and for continuing studies in the flora of Virginia.