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J uncus tenuis, Willd., var. Wi/liai>ts/i, Fernald. — It may be of inter- 

 est to record the fact that the distribution of this well marked variety 

 reaches quite to the southern border of New England. Characteristic 

 specimens were collected both last year and this present summer in 

 the town of Groton, close to the shore of Fisher's Island Sound. 



Kubus Canadensis, L. — Inasmuch as since the recent overturning 

 in the genus Rubus the older records will be of little value in fixing 

 distribution, it may be worth while to note that last August this 

 species, the smooth unarmed high blackberry of the mountains, was 

 collected by me at Bigelow's Gorge in Union. 



Rosa nit ida,\^\\\A. — This northern form was discovered in August, 

 1903, in an extensive cedar swamp in the northeastern part of Staf- 

 ford. The Gray Herbarium contains no material from any locality 

 south of the Massachusetts line, and so far as I am aware it has not 

 before been found in Connecticut. The record in Bishop's catalogue 

 from East Hartford was, as I am informed by Mr. A. W. Driggs, 

 based upon an error. 



Tilia pubescens, Ait. — Several small trees of this species were seen 

 la.st September on the wooded slopes bordering the Shetucket River 

 in the town of Sprague. They were sterile at that time, but com- 

 parison of the leaves with material at the Gray Herbarium seemed 

 to leave no doubt as to the correctness of the determination. This 

 form does not appear to have been previously recorded from New 

 England. 



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