1904] Deane, — Lists of New England Plants, — XVI. 161 



the first quarter of the last century, about 18 ig, in Ferrisburg, Ver- 

 mont, by Dr. William Paddock, and representing the only known 

 specimen from the only known station in New England. Dr. Pad- 

 dock was Professor of Botany and Materia Medica in the Medical 

 Department of the University of Vermont from 1821 to 1824. Prof. 

 Jones in a letter to me writes that he has learned from Prof. G. H. 

 Perkins that all of Dr. Paddock's collections (of which there was 

 quite a package in the herbarium when it came into Prof. Perkins's 

 charge) w^ere made about 18 19. 



Owing to the rarity as well as antiquity of the specimen, a descrip- 

 tion of it may not be amiss. The original sheet measures twelve by 

 seven inches and contains a small specimen about five inches long, 

 of six leaves and two heads or spikes, one in bud and one in flower. 

 Below this are three separate leaves and one spike in flower with its 

 long peduncle. These fragments are all glued to the sheet. Two 

 labels pasted on the sheet and written in black ink read: — "•Justkia 

 pedunciilata''' and "26 Sept. Ferrisburgh Vt." This sheet is pasted on 

 to a larger one, sixteen by ten inches in dimensions and contains the 

 following inscription in red ink in the corner : — ^'Jiisticia Americana, 

 Vahl. Dr. Paddock's specimen. Diafitliera Americana, L." In a 

 letter accompanying the sheet Prof. Jones tells me that the words 

 ^'■Justicia Americana, Vahl. Dr. Paddock's specimen " are in the 

 handwriting of Prof. Joseph Torrey, who was connected with the 

 University as Professor and President from 1827 to 1867. This is a 

 good voucher for the authenticity of the specimen. Prof. Perkins 

 says that the plant can be no other than the one collected by Dr. 

 Paddock. Definite reference to this specimen is made by William 

 Oakes on page 194 of his Botany of Vermont, published in Thomp- 

 son's History of Vermont in 1842, where it is also stated that it was 

 seen by Dr. J. W. Robbins. 



Dianthera amcricana is recorded from near Montreal, from Staten 

 Island and through central New York, and should be looked for in 

 the western parts of Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. It 

 is hoped that the old and interesting record now remaining as the 

 sole one from New England will soon be broken. 



Cambridge, Massachusetts, 



