48 Rhodora [March 



Both old and new form-giving factors are present and operative at 

 once in the same field, and the actual figure imparted is a resultant. 

 Whether reversions ever reproduce past and now relinquished struc- 

 tures with entire exactness is at least questionable. 



Many leaves of the tree mentioned were of the same dual charac- 

 ter as those here figured. In each blade as a whole the varietal 

 character predominated, while partial atavism when present was 

 shown in various degree. The examples found were not confined to 

 a few branches but were well scattered, and occurred without any 

 apparent rule. 



Ames Botanical Lahoratorv, North Easton, Massachusetts. 



NOTEWORTHY PLANTS OF SOUTHEASTERN 

 CONNECTICUT,— IV. 



C. B. Craves. ■ 



Sisyrinchium intermedium Bicknell. This species is represented in 

 my herbarium by two collections: Ledyard, near Pine Swamp, June 

 7th, 1897, and New London, field near Ocean Beach, June 28th, 

 1902. The specimens difi^er from material at the Cray Herbarium, 

 named by Mr. Bicknell, only in the color of the spathes which are 

 greenish rather than purplish. 



Sisyrinchium albidiim Raf. A single plant of this species was col- 

 lected May 27th, 1889, by Miss Ellen Coit, of New London, in a field 

 near the New London-Waterford line. It was probably a stray 

 individual, introduced perhaps in seed. The plant was given to me 

 in the fresh state, and since then has lain in my herbarium. Its 

 identification has been verified by comparison with material at the 

 Gray Herbarium. 



Salix lon^ifolia Muhl. This species was first reported from Con- 

 necticut by Mr. V.. H. Bissell, who found it near Glastonbury beside 

 the Connecticut River (Rhopora, IV, 99). It may be of interest 

 also to note its occurrence farther down the river at Selden's Cove, 

 where it is frequent on the sandy levels bordering the creek. 



I am informed by Mr. M. L. Fernald that in the Herbarium of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, there are two sheets of S. longifolia collected 



