. 1899] Fernald, — Oxytropis campestris in America 89 
bish); mouth of Madawaska river, New Brunswick, July 13, 1879 
(G. U. Hay &: G. F. Matthew) ; crevices of ledges, Aroostook Falls, 
New Brunswick, July, 1893 (M. Z. Fernald) ; rocky banks, Hero's 
Rapids, Restigouche river, New Brunswick, August 2, 1896 (G. U. 
Hay). 
NEWLY-OBSERVED PLANT STATIONS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. — 
During the past season I have found the following interesting plants in 
Eastern Massachusetts : — 
COLUTEA ARBORESCENS, L. This I found near the roadside in Arling- 
ton, not far from the Winchester line. I also found some of it in a 
vacant lot on Boylston Street, Boston, where it had probably escaped 
from cultivation in the Back Bay Fens. . 
Juncus DICHOTOMUS, Ell. This grows abundantly in a swamp near 
the railway at East Lexington. Its range in Gray's Manual is “low 
sandy grounds, N. J. to Florida" ; and, so far as I know, it has been 
found but once north of these limits. "Then it was collected by M. L. 
Fernald at Orono, Me. 
LYTHRUM ALATUM, Pursh. I found this in limited quantity in the 
same swamp at East Lexington. 
EuPHORBIA COROLLATa, L. This grows on the embankment of the 
Boston aqueduct at South Natick, where it is probably an introduced 
plant. — C. H. KxowLTON. 
SOME NOTEWORTHY SPECIMENS OF THE FRINGED GENTIAN. — The 
description in the January RuopoRa of a prolific gentian (G. crinita, 
Froel.) recalls several extraordinary specimens of the same species 
which I have seen. One of these, found isolated in a large pas- 
` ture near Hartford, was 284 inches high, and had the symmetrical 
shape of a small cypress tree. It bore 76 buds and flowers; but 
although it was allowed to go to seed, no gentians appeared in this 
pasture for the next three years. The largest gentian which I have 
ever seen was found at North Bloomfield, Conn., by Mr. C. H. Pember ; 
and although less symmetrical than the one just mentioned, it had no 
less than 176 buds and flowers. This specimen, which was 38 inches 
high and 7 inches in diameter, was exhibited at the Botanical Section 
of the Hartford Scientific Society. Another noteworthy specimen of 
the same species, found at Glastonbury, Conn., by Mr. A. W. Driggs, 
bore 124 buds and flowers. 
