68 Rhodora [APRIL 
SOME PLANTS RARE OR HITHERTO UNRECORDED 
IN CONNECTICUT. 
R. W. WOODWARD. 
Lespedeza repens, Bart. This plant occurs at a station in the rear 
of West Rock and near Lake Wintergreen, about two miles from 
New Haven. I collected it here August 22, 1903, and again in 1904. 
It covers a surface about one rod square, in a slight thicket on a 
steep rocky slope, and appears to be well established. The Illus- 
trated Flora gives Long Island as the northern limit of this species, 
and it has not, so far as I am aware, been previously reported from 
Connecticut. 
Solidago bicolor, L. var. concolor, Torr. & Gray. I collected this 
variety Sept. 24, 1904, at Franklin on a slightly shaded bank by a 
country road. The white-flowered species was abundant here, but a 
few plants were found whose rays were of a bright yellow color. A 
mowing machine had just been run over the bank for the annual 
autumnal “cleaning up,” and these plants were found on a narrow 
strip which had not been cut. The indications were that a visit a 
day earlier would have yielded many more of them. This variety is 
said to be quite rare in Connecticut. 
Eatonia Dudleyi, Vasey. This species, which Dr. C. B. Graves 
reported from New London County several years ago (RHODORA, I. 
68), occurs at many places about New Haven, in dry, open woods, 
growing with Æ. Pennsylvanica, Gray. It is sometimes more frequent 
than the latter species, and is readily distinguished from it in the 
field by its shorter leaves and more slender panicle. A good station 
is along the paths up the front slope of West Rock, where it is abun- 
dant in June. I have also collected this species at the base of 
Meriden Mountain, eighteen miles north of New Haven. 
Panicum autumnale, Bosc. 1 found several specimens of this 
western Panicum at New Haven, July 20, 1903, on the west side of 
the city, in a coarse gravel soil, which was sparsely covered with 
vegetation. I was unable to visit the station at the proper season 
the next year, and cannot state whether the plant persists there. 
Panicum Bicknellii, Nash, occurs occasionally about New Haven, in 
dry, open woods. There are several small stations for it on the lower 
slopes of West Rock. 
