1904] Chamberlain, — New Stations for Maine Plants 233 



Ipomcea heiieracea, Jacq. — Collected in 1903 on a roadside dump in 

 Falmouth, where it had escaped from nearby dwellings. This is the 

 first report of the plant's occurrence north of Massachusetts. 



Ipomoea purpurea, Lam. — Not unusual on the dumps around Port- 

 land, and durinnj the past season spontaneous in vegetable gardens at 

 Cumberland Center. While this plant is not a permanent factor in 

 the state flora, yet its prevalence in cultivation renders it probable that 

 specimens could be found on the waste heaps of most of the large 

 towns in the .state, but to my knowledge the plant has not been 

 reported from Maine before. 



Oxalis filipes, Small — Specimens of a peculiar OxaUs were col- 

 lected in a mowing field in Falmouth in 1903. They were at first 

 determined as O. stricta, L., but recently Mr. Fernald has deter- 

 mined them as above. The species is new to the State flora. 



Panicum virgatum, L. — An abundance of this species was found 

 by Mr. C. H. Knowlton and the writer at Pine Point, Scarboro, in 

 July, 1903. The plant is of rather southern range in the state, and 

 is not common. 



Polygonum te?iue, Michx. — In September 1902, while crossing a 

 sandy field at Cumberland Foreside, Miss L. O. Eaton and myself 

 came across a small patch of a plant later determined as Polygonum 

 temie. This is the only station thus far known in the state and forms 

 the basis of the report in Rhodora, 4 : 204. 



Scirpus sylvaticus, L. — Specimens of this plant, since determined 

 by Mr. Fernald, were collected by Mr. J. Franklin Collins and myself 

 in 1903 near West Falmouth Station in the town of Falmouth. Dur- 

 ing the past season Dr. 1). W. Fellows and I found several plants on 

 Cape Elizabeth near Cape Cottage. Previous reports have not ex- 

 tended its range north of Wells. 



Specularia perfoliata, A. DC. — A few plants of this species were 

 found in 1903 at the falls of the Presumpscot river in Falmouth. 

 The plant is of very local distribution in Maine, being known, be- 

 sides the present station, only from a few points in York Co., and 

 from Mt. Desert Island. 



Specimens of all the species mentioned above are in my own her- 

 barium, and with one or two exceptions there are duplicates either in 

 the Gray Herbarium or in the Herbarium of the New England Bo- 

 tanical Club. 



Washington, D. C. 



