230 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
the cauline bear fascicles of shorter leaves. The flowers are solitary 
or few (mostly in pairs) on short lateral or terminal branches; the 
sepals are obtuse; and the anthers are distinctly shorter than the 
filaments. With such marked vegetative and floral characters /. 
subtilis seems clearly distinct from /. pelocarpus with which it has 
recently been associated. 
Its bibliography and stations are: 
Juncus suBrILIS, E. Meyer, Syn. Luz. 31; Laharpe, Mon. 135. 
J. fluitans, Michaux, Fl. i. 191, not Lam. J. verticillatus, Pursh, Fl. 
i. 237, in part, not Pers. J. uliginosus, var. subtilis, Hook. Fl. Bor.- 
Am. ii. 191. J. pelocarpus, var. subtilis, Engelm. Trans. St. Louis 
Acad. ii. 456; Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 541; Coville in Britton & Brown, 
Ill. Fl. i. 390. 7. pelocarpus, var. fluitans, Buchenau, Mon. 283. — 
QuesBeEc, Chicoutimi (F. A. Michaux, according to Prof. Ovide 
Brunet): CANADA, without station (Bosc, according to Meyer): 
NEWFOUNDLAND, mud near Bay St. George, Aug. 25, 1897 (A. C. 
Waghorne): Mane, margin of Brassua Lake, Somerset County, 1871 
(Chas. E. Smith) ; Mattawamkeag Lake, Sept. 7, 1897, and margin 
of St. John River, Van Buren, Sept. 18, 1900 (M. L. Fernald); mar- 
gin of St. John River, Fort Kent, Aug. 10, 19o1 (Æ. F. Williams, 
B. L. Robinson, & M. L. Fernala). — 
Juncus fluitans, Lam., for which Michaux mistook his Chicoutimi 
plant is a form of J. bulbosus, L. (J. supinus, Moench) and is to be 
expected in northern New England and adjacent Canada. This 
plant, which has been collected in Newfoundland by Robinson and 
von Schrenk, differs from 7. subtilis in its coarser habit, usually 
bulbous-thickened base, several-flowered heads and more pointed 
sepals. 
GRAY HERBARIUM, 
LATHYRUS TUBEROSUS IN VERMONT. 
L: R. JONES: 
SPECIMENS of an unusual and very pretty sweet pea, Lathyrus 
tuberosus, L., were recently sent to me from Vergennes, Vermont, by 
Miss Ruth Fisher. This species is a native of Asia and eastern 
Europe. It occurs also at a single station in England according to 
