Oct. 3 (Nov. 1, Friday). Continued Daemon Collection through Convulvaceae. The Vinaceae are especially poorly named, all sorts of determinations appearing for V. Conspecta. Nov. 2 (Saturday). Resumed work on Tennessee (1930) collections. The specimen of Sericocarpus linopliius from the mountains of the South seems as a rule much more widely branched, and with slenderer involucres than in the north, but the variation appears in some isolated and is probably not sufficiently constant for maintaining a distinct variety. Looked over Hildreth's account of the White Mts. (Torrey, 1934). It does not seem to be very exact in determination of species, nor very discriminating. Nov. 3 (Sunday) Walked to Prospect Park & Bot. Gard. Nov. 4 (Monday). Named up Polygala in herbarium. The southern phase of P. Cruceata = var. Transsion Nash is certainly not distinct as a species, it has less compact growth, brighter flowers and longer acuminate petals than the northern plants. The material named by me (Tenn) as P. mariana is P. Curtisii. The persistent bracts would appear to be a good characteristic. Nov. 5 (Tuesday: Election Day, Walked to Manhattan Beach): Auburnia Californica The only thing of interest. Nov. 6 (Wednesday). Sent Gratula to Kemell and 3 sheets of Scleria (Tenn) to Cure. Scleria paniculata and S. Elliottii do not seem well characterized in Small's Manual. The size of achene is too divergent variable. Procerumace spectinata is the source of much trouble. Sweet's original diagnosis and illustration are not worth much. Our knowledge of the species comes through Piret, Elliott,