172 Rhodora [AuGusT 
About two miles south is a high cool peat bog, from which I have 
herbarium specimens of the following: J/icrostylis monophyllos, June 
24; Calopogon pulchellus, July 8; Pogonia ophioglossoides, July 16; 
Habenaria hyperborea, July 8; H. Hookeri, June 26; H. dblephari- 
glottis, July 24. I havealso had Zipudaria discolor, but possess no her- 
barium specimen, nor do I of Spiranthes Romanszoffiana, which is also 
found in this bog. Here is also found plenty of Sarracenia purpurea, 
just now in full flower. On the way to this peat bog we pass through 
pine woods, where we find Goodyera repens, var. ophioides and G. 
pubescens, and also Habenaria orbiculata. 
Three miles west, in a wet meadow, are Spiranthes cernua, Aug. 
31; Habenaria virescens, June 24; H. psycodes, July 29, and Æ. 
fimbriata, July 7. A close examination of the peat bog above men- 
tioned should, I think, show us Zéaris, and one or two more species 
of Zabenaria. 
About ten miles from here isa large swamp of several acres, 
which is literally crowded with gigantic specimens of Cypripedium 
spectabile; it has been practically undisturbed for generations, being 
far from tourist routes, and known only to the country people as a 
species of Valerian, and a specific for nervous troubles. Several 
hundred stems were gathered last year without any perceptible effect 
on the mass; many of the flowers were double — that is, with two in- 
flated lips to one calyx, and the stems were from 2 feet to 3 feet high. 
I hope to add to the number of orchids already found here, as 
others, I feel confident, should be in this section. 
BRADFORD, VERMONT. 
BaPTISIA AUSTRALIS IN VERMONT,— For nearly ten years Baptisia 
australis, R. Br., has been known to me on islands and alluvial banks 
of White river in Royalton. The plant occurs in three places, all 
within a distance of forty or fifty rods, and within half a mile of 
Royalton Centre. The island, where the plant once grew, has never 
been grassed over, but is composed of alluvial sands supporting wil- 
lows, bush clover, dogbane, etc. Recently, I think, this station has 
been destroyed by the washing away of a portion of the Island. In 
this locality I have not failed, when I have looked for it, to find the 
Baptisia in the past eight years. I have not taken the opportunity to 
look above and below on White river, but should expect to find it 
