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1902. Mr. Harper in his notes speaks of the typical form being 
always sterile, in the district where he had collected (the southern 
part of Worcester County, Massachusetts) and asks for the experience 
of other collectors in regard to this. I have known the plant here 
in Connecticut ever since, as a boy, I was old enough to gather it for 
Christmas decorations, and in later years have collected it at various 
stations extending pretty well over the state. 
In all this time I have only twice found fruiting plants. Curiously 
enough one of these stations was in pine woods in the town of 
Union in the northeastern part of Connecticut, adjoining the towns 
of Worcester County Massachusetts, where Mr. Harper had bota- 
nized. Here I found two fertile plants of the typical form. The 
only other collection of the fruiting plant I have ever made, was 
several years ago, on a botanizing trip with Mr. L. Andrews, when 
we found it in the town of Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut. 
The specimens of this last mentioned collection prove on comparison 
to be undoubtedly the var. monostachyon. Mr. Harper stated that 
the southernmost station known for the variety was Little Wachusett 
Mountain in the central part of Worcester County, Massachusetts. 
We can now extend its reported range to the southern half of Connec- 
ticut. 
The Wolcott station was on a moist open bank with northern 
exposure at an altitude of about 800 feet. — C. H. BissELL, Southing- 
ton, Connecticut. 
SCHWALBEA AMERICANA IN CONNECTICUT.— On June 30, 1902, 
while I was driving with a friend in the town of East Lyme, we 
found Schwalbea Americana, L., growing in abundance on a gravelly 
bank by the roadside. I think it has never been reported hitherto 
from Connecticut. Mr. John Spalding, of New London, tells me that 
he found it, as far back as 1867, growing by the roadside, about half 
way from Essex to Saybrook and quite abundant.— Frances M. 
Graves, New London, Connecticut. 
Vol. 4, no. 48, containing pages 231 to 268, plate 4o, and title-page of the 
volume, was issued 31 December, 1902. 
