in the plants of the Eastern States - but in our very full suite of specimens we find every inter- mediate state & most of the ordering between the two. Take the type this is Monoceros - [illegible] possibly polygonous as in some of the Hummiate flowers we find as well formed though small orang. The pistillate plant also has extraordinary stamens as far one of the ovary. There is the same difference in the palene of the staminate & pistillate flowers as exists in B. speciosum - none of the former being less compressed - 2034 & 2043 Wright are inter- mediate forms. 152 - Red River - Nuary 153 Rio Grande Brazil 154 Rio Grlu Th. 155 San Bengario Brazil