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Rhodora 



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barren plants on a sandy plain between Lime Rock and the Black- 

 stone River. 



liiDF.NS vuLGATA Greene. Fully as common in the calcareous 

 rcfjion as the ordinarily more abundant B. frondosa. 



BiDENS COMOSA (Gray) Wiegand. In limy soil, near " Dexter lime- 

 rock." Already known locally in Massachusetts and Connecticut. 



Gray Hekharhm. 



RECORDS OF THE CONNECTICUT BOTANICAL 

 SOCIETY,— II. 



PI B. Hakger, Cor. Seer. 



The Conxectkut Botanical Society held three excursions 

 (lurin*:^ the summer of 1900. 



The first excursion was to the trap and sandstone region of the 

 valley of the Pomperang River, which is interesting as being a detached 

 area of a few square miles of a geological formation otherwise found 

 in this state only in the Connecticut River Valley. After leaving the 

 station at Pomperang Valley about 9 a. m. the party first stopped at a 

 field near by which was i\\\vi\ witli l^cufsfemon paU'uhis Small., a species 

 here quite different in aspect and habit from P. hirsutus (L.) Willd., 

 which is found not far distant. At the next halt, near the Pomperang 

 River, Messrs. Weathcrby and Ilarger found Galium venim I>. and 

 Pariciaria Pcnnsijlvauica INIuhl. The party then proceeded to the 

 only known New England station for Phlox pilosa L. (see Rhodora 

 1: 76), which was found to be in full bloom and apparently increasing. 

 A quantity of Convolrithi.s' .s-piiJinmacu.s' Jj. was found near by. Most 

 of the party then walked to the Housatonic River, returning from the 

 station at Sandy Hook; but on account of the great heat and an 

 impending shower little more collecting was done. 



The second excursion, with Mr. 11. S. Clark for guide, was to the 

 Reservoir Parks, west of Hartford in the town of Farmington, and 

 was held Aug. 22nd. Showers in the morning reduced the attend- 

 ance but those who went saw, among other things, Rosa sefigera 

 IVIichx., Asier infinnus Michx. and SoUdayo .^iqiiarrosa Muhl.; while 



