276 Rhodora [NOVEMBER 
1898, Æ. Z. Rand; to July, 1894, Æ. Faxon; 7 July, 1890, J. 7. 
Redfield, E. F. Williams; 20 July, 1899, Æ. F. Williams; Black Isl., 
20 July, 1894, 7. H. Redfield. These plants of Mt. Desert are in 
many instances tall forms, growing in long grass, branching above, 
and with inflorescences at first short-cylindric and compact but at 
length loose and considerably elongated. Complete transitions may 
be found to the following variety or form growing in short grass or in 
drier and more sterile places. 
Var. canadensis. /. canadensis, Townsend, Journ. Bot. xxvii, 1, 
t. 381 (1398).— Closely similar in foliage and flowers: stem low, 
branched from near the base, densely floriferous from considerably 
below the middle: floral bracts sometimes with and sometimes desti- 
tute of minute glandular pubescence.—- QuEBEc, on grassy hills near 
the city, 1891, F. Townsend; Plains of Abraham, J. Blake: Ha Ha 
Bay, G. G. Kennedy: MAINE, in short grass, Frenchville, 12 Aug., 
190r, Æ. F. Williams, M. L. Fernald & B. L. Robinson; Great Duck 
Isl., 9 Aug., 1893, 7. 77. Redfield, 12 July, 1901, E. LZ. Rand; Baker 
Isl, 22 July, 1901, Æ. Z. Rand; New HaMrsHIRE, White Mountains, 
at lower altitudes, Glen House, 28 July,'1865, Wm. Boott; 18 July, 
1891, G. G. Kennedy; roadsides at base of Mt. Washington ro Aug., 
1878, 7. A. Allen. ‘The White Mountain plants are slender forms 
of sterile soil. 
GRAY HERBARIUM. 
SOLANUM ROSTRATUM IN CENTRAL Marne.—I note that all pub- 
lished records of the occurrence of Solanum rostratum Dunal in this 
State are from the other side of the Kennebec River, or at least I 
have seen no record of its occurrence nearer than Gardiner. ‘To-day 
(Sept. 22, 1901) I collected specimens of this species in the rear of 
some farm buildings a short distance out of Bangor. ‘This species 
seems to be becoming established throughout the State as it has spread 
widely since first found in 1896. 
I have in my collection at present a fragment of a specimen which 
was sent to the University of Maine for identification in Sept., 1896, 
by Mr. C. C. Call of Buxton. I feelsure this was the first instance 
of its occurrence in the State being known, and record was made at 
the time by the late Prof. Harvey.— O. W. Knicut, Bangor, Maine. 
