108 Rhodora [May 
the wetter portions of the meadows and occur most plentifully along 
slightly elevated ridges or benches of comparatively dry land bordering 
closely on the river. On these the grass is regularly cut in summer or 
early autumn; when the violets bloom the following spring it has not 
grown sufficiently to screen them wholly from one’s view and for a 
brief season their flowers give a pleasing tinge of bluish purple to spots 
where they most abound. I am informed that others have found the 
species in some abundance in similar habitats along the Concord 
River in Carlisle and Bedford.— WittiAw. Brewster, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts. 
LATHYRUS PALUSTRIS, VAR. PILOSUS (Cham.) Ledeb. in Massachu- 
setts.— During the past summer Lathyrus palustris, var. pilosus 
(Cham.) Ledeb. was found by the writer growing in some abundance 
along the roadside at Woodbury's, Ipswich Sand Dunes. It has pre- 
viously been reported by White (Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 27, 448, 1894) 
from Lubec, Maine (Oakes), as L. myrtifolius, var. macranthus; and 
has been collected by Fernald at Cutler, Maine. So far as the writer 
is aware these are the only previously known stations for this variety 
in New England.— К. M. Wircanp, Wellesley College. 
Vol. 11, no. 124, including pages 65 to 84 and plate 79, was issued 
13 April, 1909. 
