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some lists. I have omitted it, as I find on examination that the re- 

 port is based upon a single tree of very doubtful origin, growing on a 

 farm at Cumberland, Rhode Island. 



Campanula glomerata, L., is still well established and thriving in 

 the Danvers, Massachusetts, region, where it was reported more than 

 fifty years ago. It seems strange that it has not obtained a foothold 

 in other New England stations. 



Jasione woritaua, L., has overrun Conanicut Island, Rhode Island, 

 and it is likely to spread. 



Syringa vulgaris, L., is such a persistent plant that it must be 

 included in a list of plants growing without cultivation. I have seen 

 it in a thriving condition, on old farmhouse sites in New Hampshire 

 and Maine, abandoned fifty to one hundred years ago. 



The Apocynums of New England require revision. It has there- 

 fore seemed to me best to follow the conservative treatment of 

 Gray's Manual, until the abundant material which has been collected 

 by others and myself can be studied by a competent authority. 



Mr. Fernald collected a few years ago on waste land in Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts, a few specimens of Lobelia syphilitica, L., one 

 of which is now in the Gray Herbarium. As these plants were 

 doubtless waifs, the species has not been noted in the lists as occur- 

 ring in Massachusetts. 



The record of Hottonia inflata, Ell., for Maine rests upon a single 

 specimen collected near Mt. Agamenticus by Mr. John C. Parlin and 

 now preserved in his herbarium. One branch was detached, and it 

 is now in the herbarium of the writer. 



The following orchids rest upon old and indefinite or else untrust- 

 worthy records. I have been unable to verify their occurrence, not- 

 withstanding an examination of twenty or more of our principal 

 herbaria, and the writing to scores of correspondents: 



Aplectrum hiema/c, Nutt. — accredited to Maine — Portland Cata- 

 logue. 



Liparis lilitfolia, Richard. — accredited to Maine — Portland Cata- 

 logue. 



Spiranthcs praecox, Watson. — accredited to Maine — Portland 

 Catalogue. 



CypripeJium arietinum, R. Br. — accredited to Massachusetts — 

 Amherst Eist. 



Cypripcdium arietinum, R. Br. —accredited to Connecticut — 

 Bishop's List. 



