1907] Reynolds,— Flora of the Great Swamp of Rhode Island 119 
Olney's field note-books which are now in the possession of the Brown 
University Herbarium, there are notes of three trips into the swamp. 
These are recorded as occurring in 1846 and 1847. Without doubt 
other trips were made, but no more records were found. ‘There are 
none of Mr. Bennett's notes accessible except his list already mentioned. 
In a letter recently received from the Hon. J. W. Congdon of Seattle, 
Washington, who formerly collected extensively in the swamp region, 
there are some interesting notes of his recollections of the area. Most 
of the plants he mentions were collected also by the writer last summer. 
He speaks of the relative abundance of Habenaria ciliaris and H. 
blephariglottis as well as of Gaylussacia dumosa. Besides these he 
gives a list of the Utricularias he has found there, namely Utricularia 
biflora, clandestina, gibba, cornuta, resupinata, and subulata. Growing 
in the muddy part of Worden's Pond were Orontium aquaticum 
Lachnanthes capitata, Xyris caroliniana, Sabbatia chloroides, Lobelia 
Dortmanna, Juncus militaris, Rhynchospora macrostachya, and R. 
jusca. Mr. Leland has also kindly furnished me with a list of a few 
plants which he has from that area: — Linum usitatissimum, Utri- 
cularia intermedia, U. inflata, Polygonum acre, P. dumetorum var. 
scandens, P. Careyi, P. hydropiperoides, Vaccinium pallidum, and V. 
atrococcum. 
During the latter part of August, 1906, the writer was able to make 
eight trips into the swamp from different directions as briefly indicated 
below: — 
1. The marshy land on the west side of the Chipuxet River about 
a half a mile south of the Narragansett Pier R. R. 
2. The corresponding swamp east of the Chipuxet near Larkin's 
pond. 
3. The swamp between the Shickasheen River and the N. Y. 
N. H. & H. track, for a couple of miles south of the Kingstown station. 
4. A similar region west of the Shickasheen River. 
5. 'The portion of the swamp lying between the two hills already 
mentioned. 
6. Astrip of swamp land including the Fighting Ground and south 
of that to the Shickasheen River. 
7. The northeast corner of Worden's Pond, and the swamp near by. 
8. Portions of the pond itself and of the eastern shore. 
It is difficult to determine the exact distribution of plants in an area 
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