204 Rhodora [October 



Carex pauciflora, Lightf. I collected this sedge in September, 

 1904, in deep sphagnum at the head of Ward Pond in Otis. A sheet 

 in the Dewey collection in the Gray Herbarium is marked Ashfield, 

 and Dewey reported that it was collected in Ashfield and Hawley by 

 Dr. J. Porter, Sill. Journ. x (1826), 42. 



Chamaclirium Carohnianum, VVilld. This plant was recorded in 

 1822 by Eaton (Manual of Botany, Ed. 3, p. 303) from Great Bar- 

 rington, and by Dewey (Hist, of Berkshire p. 52) from Stockbridge. 

 Several years ago a piece gathered in Stockbridge was sent to me, 

 but was subsequently lost. This summer I collected it in Great Bar- 

 rington. 



Sisyrinchiiim mucronatum, Michx. Mr. Fernald collected this 

 southern species in light sandy soil in Sheffield in 1902. It had 

 been previously known only as far north as Connecticut. 



Microstylis mofiop/iy/hs, Lindl. There is no Massachusetts speci- 

 men of this orchid in the Gray Herbarium, but it is recorded as hav- 

 ing been collected at Berlin, Spencer, and North Adams (Niles, 

 Bog-trotting for Orchids p. 273), and it has been collected at Man- 

 chester, Vermont, and in New York State and northern Connecticut. 

 I found a single plant in a cold spring hole in Stockbridge in 

 August, 1904. 



Arceuthobiiim pusi/liim, Peck. Grows on black spruce {Ficca fiii^ra) 

 in peat bogs at the edge of a small pond in Becket, south of Yokum 

 Pond, and at the head of Ward Pond in Otis. As I gathered it from 

 a low spruce in September, I was struck in the face by a volley of 

 seeds. 



Oxalis filipes, Small. Mr. Fernald collected this southern species 

 in Sheffield in June, 1902 (Rhodora, v, 34). It had previously 

 been found at Northampton, Massachusetts, and Mr. Bissell has 

 recorded it from Salisbury, Connecticut (Rhodora v. 11). 



Hex nionticohi, Gray, var. mollis, Britton. While collecting on the 

 we.stern side of the Dome in 1902, I found a strange Ilex growing 

 commonly in shade in the moist woodland. Mr. Fernald has deter- 

 mined it as Ilex monficola, var. mollis. The type occurs on the 

 Taconic and Catskill Mts. in New York, but the variety has not 

 hitherto been reported north of Pennsylvania. 



Epilobiutn hirsutiim, L. Well established along the edge of a 

 ditch in Lenox, forming a very ornamental border. The owners of 

 the property inform me that it has been growing there for a long time 



