8 Rhodora [JANUARY 
* Leaves truncate at base or subcordate, slightly decurrent, middle 
lobe usually the widest, segments 7-9; petals violet. 
(13) V. SEPTEMLOBA, LeConte. 
* * Leaves decurrent on petiole, flabellately veined at base, segments 
of nearly equal width, 9-15; petals blue. 
(14) V. PEDATIFIDA, Don. 
B. Spurred petal beardless; cleistogamous flowers subulate; leaves cor- 
date, glabrous; petals pale blue, darker towards the throat. 
(15) V. CUCULLATA, Ait. 
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE. 
A PECULIAR VARIETY OF DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA. 
M. L. FERNALD. 
In August, 1904, the marly sphagnous bogs at the mouth of the 
Grand River, Gaspé County, Quebec, were found by Messrs. J. F. 
Collins, A. S. Pease, and the writer to be the home of many remark- 
able plants, among others three Droseras which are little known to 
American botanists. One of the bogs had its open marly spots 
almest given over to four plants, Drosera linearis, Goldie, D. /ongi- 
folit, L. (D. anglica, Hudson), Juncus stygius, Var. americanus, 
Buchenau, and Pinguicula vulgaris, L., though other species, there 
less abundant, were quite at home in the calcic carbonate.’ On the 
mossy knolls at the borders of the open marl normal Drosera rotundi- 
Jolia was abundant. 
Soon after the exploration of this bog, another, perhaps a mile dis- 
tant, was visited. On entering the bog a tiny inflorescence was 
noticed, so strange in appearance that at first sight it was taken to 
be the unique Saxifraga stellaris, var. comosa of Mt. Katahdin. 
Instead, however, the plant proved to be a peculiar dwarf variety of 
Drosera rotundifolia with subcapitate inflorescences, of few flowers, 
the petals colored, and the ovary instead of producing normal cap- 
sules, tending to develop into a rosette of glandular foliage-leaves. 
This tendency was also noted in other floral organs, but it was most 
apparent in the carpels. 
Examination of the bog showed that the anomalous Drosera was 
abundant in the wet portion between the central pond and the higher 
1 An analysis of soil from a similar bog in Aroostook Co., Maine, shows it to 
contain nearly 96 % of calcic carbonate. 
