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Potamogeton praelongus, Wulf. Twin Lakes, Branford. 
Scirpus debilis, Pursh. Seymour. 
Eriophorum vaginatum, L. Middlebury and Litchfield. 
Rhynchospora fusca, Roem. and Schultes. Woodbury. 
R. macrostachya, Torr. Woodbury. 
Carex retrorsa, Schwein. West bank of the Housatonic River 
above Derby. 
C. torta, Boott. Common about Oxford, although not in the cata- 
logues. 
C. granularis, Muhl. Oxford. 
C. Willdenovii, Schkuhr. East Haven. 
C. sparganioides, Muhl. Oxford and Reynolds Bridge. 
C. Deweyana, Schwein. Reynolds Bridge. 
Tripsacum dactyloides, L. East Haven. 
Triodia cuprea, Jacq. Common along the Housatonic, 
Eragrostis Frankii, Meyer. Common in sandy soil along the 
Housatonic at Oxford. 
E Purshii, Schrader. Oxford. 
Pellaea atropurpurea, Link. Twin Lakes, Branford. 
Woodwardia angustifolia, Smith. Three stations in Oxford. 
Phegopteris. Dryopteris, Fée. Monroe. 
Cystopteris bulbifera, Bernh. Oxford. 
NAUCORIA CHRISTINAE. 
H. WEBSTER. 
Waie visiting a familiar collecting ground along the northern 
edge of the Blue Hill Reservation, a few years ago, the writer came 
upon a small but conspicuous toadstool, fruiting in the loose soil 
formed of decaying chestnut leaves and burs. Its dark red color and 
sharply-pointed cap, together with its smooth and somewhat shining 
surface, gave it a markedly individual character, which became more 
strongly accentuated on further acquaintance. For, in addition to the 
striking peculiarities of color and shape, an attempt to collect the 
plant, which stood an inch or two high, disclosed a long stem, as in 
Collybia radicata, sunk in the leaf-mould to such a depth that several 
inches of soil had to be removed before a complete specimen could 
be obtained. The difficulty of collection was much increased, also, 
