236 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
have been a Lychnis, either Z. a/ba, Mill. or possibly a white-flowered 
form of Z. dioica, L. 
Buda marina, var. (?) minor, Wats. in Gray, Man. ed. 6, p. 9o, 
seems to be only a dwarfed state of Spergularia salina, J. & C. Presl. 
Sagina nodosa, Fenzl., var. pubescens, Koch, appears to have only 
formal value.—B. L. ROBINSON. 
THE NINTH ANNUAL FIELD MEETING OF THE VERMONT BOTANICAL 
CLUB was held at Arlington and Manchester, Vermont. The Ver- 
mont Bird Club participated in the meeting and there were about 
thirty members of both clubs present. The projected trip to Stratton 
. Mountain, proposed at the last winter meeting, had to be abandoned 
owing to the lack of suitable accommodations for so large a party. 
It is hoped, however, that the Club may be able to visit this moun- 
tain some future season. ‘The place and time of meeting announced 
were Arlington, July 3rd, at noon. Five members, however, arriving 
somewhat in advance of the others, took a tramp in the forenoon, 
finding as a reward an abundance of 4cer Saccharum, Marsh., var. 
nigrum, Britton, a tree which is pretty local in Vermont, although 
common in the Middle States. In the afternoon the Club tramped 
through Arlington Gap, where the Batterkill River cuts through the 
Taconic Range. Desmodium cuspidatum, Torr. & Gray, Arabis Can- 
adensis, L., and CoZ/insonia Canadensis, L., were new to most of the 
members. Fine plants of Viola sororia, Willd., were also found, both 
on rocky hillsides and on interval land. 
On the morning of July 4th, a train was taken for Manchester, and 
from there, some on foot and others riding, the party reached the top 
of Mt. Equinox about two in the afternoon. ‘The most notable plant 
observed on the way was a pubescent form of Viola rotundifolia, 
Michx. Botrychium matricariacfolium, A. Br. and B. lanceolatum, 
Angst., were also found. After lunch the party descended the steep 
and slippery eastern slope of the mountain, being rewarded by one 
specimen of Aspidium aculeatum, Sw., var. Braunii, Koch, on the way, 
and Galium boreale, L., near the foot of the mountain. 
The weather on both days was ideal and the meeting one of the 
pleasantest in the history of the Club. "Thanks are due to Mrs. Mun- 
son, whose forethought and attention to the matter of teams and a 
guide, smoothed the way on the Mt. Equinox trip.— NELLIE F. 
FLvNN, Burlington, Vermont. 
Vol. 5, 20.56, including pages 193 to 212, was issued 3 August, 1903. 
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