104 Rhodora [JUNE 
paris tiliifolia, Richards., one of the Tway-blades, usually grows in sandy 
soils but is here found at the summit of a trap dyke, at an altitude of one 
thousand feet, growing under the low branches of the. ground hemlock, 
Taxus Canadensis, Willd., which is rare in this region and found only 
at this station. Myosotis verna, Nutt., is found in the thin crust of 
soil, high up on the same trap dyke, which is also the only station for 
Cardamine parviflora, L., yet found in this region. Arctostaphylos 
Uva-ursi, Spreng., the bearberry, with its glossy evergreen leaves and 
bright red berries, so showy in early winter, grows still further out upon 
the exposed edge of the same cliff, where also on the precipitous rocks 
cling the hare-bell and the rare cliff-brake, Pellaea atropurpurea, Link. 
On the lower ledges of the mountain occur the three green orchids 
Habenaria bracteata, R. Br., H. Hookeri, Torr., and 77. hyperborea, 
R. Br., the last sparingly represented at a single station. 
On a sandy plain, but in a depression which is well filled with 
springs, making it quite wet during the whole season, are found five 
species not seen elsewhere in this vicinity, namely, the ever-attractive 
orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, L., the linear-leaved golden-rod, Solidago 
tenuifolia, Pursh, the club-moss, Lycopodium inundatum, L., and two 
grasses, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Trin., and Trisetum palustre, Torr., 
Aster lineariifolius, L., occurs on the white sand plain, which extends 
nearly across the town, but is also found on some of the trap dykes. 
Its location, however, must be dry and sterile. 
On the granite ridge at an altitude of six hundred feet, were found, 
during the past season, two interesting milkworts, Polygala Vuttalliz, Torr. 
& Gray, and P. verticillata, var. ambigua, Wood. Both were growing by 
the roadside in damp, sandy soil and in open grass land. So far as 
known this is the first time that either of these species has been reported 
as growing in Connecticut. 
The mountain mint, Pycnanthemum muticum, Pers., is here found 
only in granite soil, and the same can be said of the grass, Sporobolus 
serotinus, Gray, and the white cedar, Chamaecyparis sphaeroides, Spach. 
Among escapes, which are well established, mention might be made 
of the Jersey pine, Pinus inops, Ait., growing in hard, rocky trap soil, 
and Prelea trifoliata, L., found along fence-rows. 
^ Centaurea Jacea, L., Berteroa incana DC., Silene dichotoma, Ehrh., 
Amsinckia lycopsoides, Lehm., and Picris echioides, L., are recent 
introductions, but also well established. 
SOUTHINGTON, CONN. 
