206 Rhodora - fiery 
I have found in literature only one mention of chloranthy in Anem- 
onella thalictrotdes, namely in case of a plant exhibited at the Torrey 
Botanical Club by Dr. Arthur Hollick in 1881 (Bull. Torr. Club, viii. 
60), which is described merely as having the sepals green. To what 
extent the other floral organs were modified is not stated, so it is im- 
possible to tell whether it corresponded to either of the two forms 
here considered. Mr. Thomas Meehan (Bot. Gaz. v. 64) and Mr. 
George R. Kleeberger (Bull. Torr. Cl. vii. 97) have called attention 
to the occurrence of double flowers, both white and roseate, in Anem- 
onella thalictroides. — B. L. Rosinson, Gray Herbarium. 
EXTREME VARIATIONS OF ALISMA PLANTAGO. — The common 
Water-plantain, 44/sma Plantago, of marshy places has ovate or 
oblong leaves, and is known throughout the northern hemisphere. 
In Europe, besides this typical form, two well-marked varieties of the 
species have been recognized. These extremes, however, are not 
confined to Europe, but are occasionally found in northern regions of 
America. As they are likely to occur in the northeastern states and 
adjacent Canada, attention is here called to their peculiarities and to 
their present known stations in America. 
ALISMA PLANTAGO, L., var. LANCEOLATUM, Hoffm., Deutschl. FI. 
(1800) i. 175. Plant usually small: leaves slender-petioled, lanceo- 
late. Lake Superior (Zoring): Lake Winnipeg Valley (Jourgeau): 
South Dakota, Black Hills (Æ. Coues): Idaho, Kootenai County 
(Sandberg, MacDougal & Heller, no. 935). 
var. GRAMINIFOLIUM, Wahlb. Fl. Ups. 122. Leaves mostly float- 
ing and linear. North Dakota, stagnant water, Leeds (/. Lune//). 
— M. L. FERNALD. 
THE HERBARIA OF NEW ENGLAND. 
Manv A. Dav. 
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Brainerd, Ezra, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT. — President Brainerd 
has collected a herbarium of about 6000 species, which contains 
nearly all the North American ferns and Carices, and most species 
included in the Gray Manual. The collection is strong in the plants 
