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Prunus MAHALER L.— Has become well established over a certain 
hillside in New London, and has been met with also in Groton and 
Preston. This species also has not I think been reported from New 
England. 
LecHEA LrcGETTIU Britt. & Holl. — Abundant in this section of 
Connecticut, but not to my knowledge recorded north of Long Island, 
N: Y. 
Lycopus SESSILIFOLIUS A. Gray. Occurs sparingly on the shore of 
Long Pond in Ledyard, where I found it first in 1895. This station, 
which so far as I know is the only one known in Connecticut, is of 
interest as a connecting link between the Cape Cod and Long Island 
stations. 
MENTHA LONGIFOLIA (L.) Huds. Grows freely by the roadside at 
one point in Ledyard. 
MENTHA CRISPA L. — Escaped to the roadside near farmhouses at 
points in Ledyard, Voluntown and North Stonington. This and the 
preceding species have thus far, according to the ranges given in the 
manuals, been found growing wild only from New York or New Jersey 
southward. 
GALIUM PALUSTRE L.— Discovered this past season at two stations 
in Waterford. Apparently not found hitherto south of Massachusetts. 
ASTER Herveyr A. Gray. Connecticut should be added to the 
short list of states in which grow this rare aster. It occurs sparingly 
at one point in the town of Groton. 
A SEAWEED COLONY. 
F. S. COLLINS. 
THE coast of Maine in the region of Penobscot Bay is seldom ex- 
posed to the open sea, but is guarded by a thick fringe of islands, 
large and small, so that in most places no direct view of the open sea 
can be had. The passages among the islands, the thoroughfares and 
reaches, give quiet, sheltered sailing, even when there is a heavy sea 
outside. Naturally, the difference in conditions is shown in the char- 
acter of the marine flora, the exposed outer islands being fringed with 
a dense growth of A/aria esculenta, species of Laminaria, and other 
less conspicuous plants that are adapted to live in the heavy surf and 
do not occur on the shores of the mainland. - 
