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report of the Botanical Section is a local flora of Manchester and 
vicinity compiled by Mr. Frederick W. Batchelder. The flora is 
restricted to the pteridophytes and spermaphytes, and is arranged 
according to the sequence of Engler and Prantl’s Natiirlichen Pflan- 
zenfamilien. The author enumerates 817 species and varieties of plants 
within his limits, and adds a brief statement regarding the frequency 
of each. At the end of the list are several pages of valuable notes 
likely to stimulate observation upon the more critical species. On 
page 74 occurs the new combination, G/yceria borealis, Batchelder 
(Panicularia borealis, Nash). The abundance of oaks, of which Mr. 
Batchelder enumerates no less than nine, is in striking contrast to 
their paucity in the upland regions of southern New Hampshire. 
PARIETARIA DEBILIS IN NEw HAMPSHIRE.— In August, 1896, while 
on a bicycle trip to Nottingham, New Hampshire, I paid a hurried 
visit to Pautuckaway Mountain, where many rare and interesting 
plants were observed. Among them was a prostrate, vine-like weed, 
which had a familiar aspect, but which I could not readily place in the 
botanies of this region. By referring to the Botany of California, 
however, I found it to be Parietaria debilis Forst., and then remem- 
bered it as a common plant of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Some 
seed planted in 1897 produced a few plants. I was unable to find 
any more in the original locality in 1899, but this was probably owing 
to the extreme drought. Although a homely weed, this plant is an in- 
teresting find in New Hampshire, since it is far out of its range and 
is new both to Gray's Manual and Britton and Brown's Illustrated 
Flora. — A. A. Eaton, Seabrook, New Hampshire. 
Vol. 2, No. 18, including pages 107 to 132, plate 18, and a portrait (unnumbered) 
was issued June 21, 1900. 
