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somewhat bearded, the lateral densely bearded, and often the two 
upper with scattered hairs; sepals ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or 
often rounded; cleistogamous flowers on short and recurved or 
prostrate peduncles, ovoid, producing green oblong capsules 5-8 mm. 
long.— Pitt. iii. 144; Y. cognata, Greene, Pitt. iii. 145; Y. vagula, 
Greene, Pitt. iv. 67. — The eastern stations from which the species 
has been seen are the following: Querec; Hull, 1898, J. M. 
Macoun; Gaspé Co., banks and gravel beaches of Grand and Dart- 
mouth Rivers ; Bonaventure Co., along the Restigouche, Escuminac, 
Bonaventure and Little Cascapedia Rivers, June 28-Aug. 27, 1904. 
M. L. Fernald. Mane : Fort Fairfield, river-beach, June 5, 1901; 
Masardis, abundant on ledgy river-bank, Sept. 8, 1897 ; Blaine, arbor- 
vitae swamps, in sphagnum, June 23, 1898, no. 2255, and June 7, 
1901 ; Winslow, rocky shore of Kennebec River, Sept. 2, no. 2626, & 
wet calcareous cliffs, Sept. 3, 1898, no. 2612, M. L. Fernald. VER- 
MONT : wet slides of Willoughby Mt., June 2, 1892, July 18, 1896, & 
May 26, 1901, G. G. Kennedy; May 27, 1903, W. W. Eggleston ; 
Aug. 30, 1904, Annie Lorenz!; New Haven, shady border of bog, 
Aug. 14, 1903, & May 18, 1904; Middlebury, river-border under 
alders, 1904; Manchester, wet mossy meadow and in moist loam along 
a brook, Sept. 26, 1904, Hara Brainerd. ONTARIO: Wellington 
Co., open springy ground near Puslinch Lake, May 15, & 17, 1904, 
A. B. Klugh. 
There are indications that in southwestern New England we may 
have two more species, hitherto recorded only from the Middle States. 
Dr. E. H. Eames has collected in the vicinity of Bridgeport, Connecti- 
cut specimens that Mr. Pollard has pronounced to be V. villosa, 
Walt; and Profr. Greene asserts (Pitt. iii. 313) that V. emarginata 
«is known to me as occurring as far northeastward as the vicinity of 
New York City." The latter species is, indeed, too vaguely appre- 
hended. 'The specimens under covers so labeled are in many her- 
baria a medley of odd things, from such a plant as V. Vovae-Angliae 
to others with broad deeply lobed leaves, as figured by Mr. W. Stone 
(Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1903, Pl. 36. v.). But aside from these 
aberrant forms, that require prolonged and critical study of the living 
plant, it may be presumed that there is a “typical” V. emarginata, 
such as is figured in the Britton Illustrated Flora (iii. 520). 
In view of these additions and the clearer knowledge that has 
come from another season's field work, I desire to present the 
following revised synopsis of our blue stemless non-stoloniferous 
! These plants, through an error of mine, were called V. venustula in Dr. Ken- 
nedy's Flora of Willoughby (RHODORA, vi. 123). 
