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in number. They all contain the larvae of fresh water insects and 

 thus differ from the similar salt water basins on the same rocks in 

 which are various seaweeds, and yet both sets of basins are only 

 just above high water mark and must be often washed by the sea 

 spray. There are no higher springs visible from which their supply 

 could be explained, and yet each basin has a gentle weeping outlet, 

 while the basins are not all on the same level. In one of these 

 little outlets I found the specimen of Sagina nodosa, var. pubescens, 

 also the true Galium tfifidum, L., with very thick leathery leaves, 

 and Euphrasia Randii, Robinson, the latter having previously been 

 found only on the islands south of Mt. Desert; while in a mossy 

 place in the woods I collected Euphrasia Americana, Wettst. (See 

 Rhodora III. pp. 273 and 274.) 



We remained at Cutler in a quiet summer hotel from Saturday noon, 

 July 13th, to Tuesday noon, July 16th. Although not on a botanical 

 trip I had my press along, and the few plants I brought home may 

 give some idea of what might be found by a collector who should 

 devote himself to this wild and unexplored shore. 



NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF SOUTHEASTERN 

 CONNECTICUT,— III. 



C. B. Gravks. 



(For previous articles of this series, see Rhodora, I, 67 ; III, 63.) 



I am indebted to Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner and Mr. E. 1). Merrill 

 for verifying the grasses mentioned below, and to Dr. B. L. Robinson 

 and Mr. M. L. Fernald for assistance upon some of the other species. 

 Those marked with one star are now, I believe, for the first time 

 listed from Connecticut. Those with two stars have not, so far as I 

 am aware, been reported from New England before. 



* Paspalum Muhlenbergii Nash. Open sandy soil, Poquonnoc 

 Plain, Groton. 



* * Panicum stipitatum Nash. Discovered by Mr. C. H. Bissell and 

 the writer at Seidell's Cove in Lyme, Aug., 1901. 



* Agrostis coarctata Ehrh. In wet sand, edges of salt marsh, 

 Groton. Foliage of growing plant bluish green. 



