1899] A method of obtaining bayberry wax 193 
From the summit of Bald Mountain we went down into the valley 
of Rapid Stream, at least twelve hundred feet below. This is a deep 
wooded valley, shut in by mountains on three sides. This region fur- 
nished several interesting plants. Ribes lacustre replaced A. prostra- 
tum. Alnus viridis and Acer spicatum grew luxuriantly, one specimen 
of the former being four inches in diameter at the base. Here also 
grew Pyrola asarifolia, Moneses grandiflora, Listera convallarioides, 
Habenaria obtusata and H. dilatata. 
One of the most noticeable features of the mountain flora was the 
lateness of flowering. Sambucus racemosa and Maianthemum Cana- 
dense, which were well fruited away from the mountain, were found in 
full bloom on cold slopes near the summits. Zyientaiis Americana, 
Ledum latifolium, Acer spicatum and Cornus Canadensis, which had 
elsewhere finished blooming two to four weeks earlier, were still 
blossoming here. 
GOODYERA PUBESCENS IN CENTRAL New HAMPSHIRE. — In Mr. 
Fernald's synopsis of the New England species of Goodyera in 
RHODORA for January, it is stated that, for G. pubescens, the north- 
ernmost station in New Hampshire is Jaffrey. I have found the plant 
in great abundance, growing in rich moist woods bordering a swamp on 
the road from “The Weirs" to Meredith Centre. In the same woods 
were a few plants of G. fesselafa, never more than one in a spot, 
whereas G. pubescens grows, as in southern New England, in large 
patches. — PHILLIPS BARRY. 
Lacruca Monmssi IN Mamer. — The new wild Lettuce described in 
the January number of RHopoRa, and named Lactuca Morssii, grows 
in Maine in the Kennebec valley. I find in my Herbarium a specimen 
of it, which I gathered August 2, 1897, by the side of an old country 
road about two miles from Skowhegan village. — Louise H. COBURN, 
Skowhegan, Maine. 
[The identity of this specimen, recognized by Miss Coburn, has been fully con- 
firmed by a comparison with the type at the Gray Herbarium. — Ep.] 
A METHOD OF OBTAINING BAYBERRY WAX.— In “Cape Cod " Thoreau 
tells of obtaining fine green wax from the berries of the bayberry 
