1899] Russell, — Orchids ofthe upper Pemigewasset valley 199 
SOME ORCHIDS OF THE UPPER PEMIGEWASSET 
VALLEY. 
W. S.C. RUÍZ: 
AT the southern entrance of the Franconia Notch, the Pemige- 
wasset valley sends out a lateral branch to the east and one to the 
west. The eastern valley, which is broad and fertile, is drained by the 
east branch of the Pemigewasset River; the main branch of the river 
drains the notch itself and the western valley, which ramifies rapidly 
into smaller valleys and ravines, receives the waters of many brooks 
and streams draining an area of mountains covering thousands of acres. 
Little is known of the plant life of the remoter mountain glades, 
and the little that is known has been gleaned chiefly by following the trails 
and from inference. There are scores of mountain meadows and deep 
ravines, which the botanist has never explored. The writer has spent 
considerable time tramping and camping in the forests which cover the 
mountains, and has enriched his collections by the addition of orchids, 
many of which are rare or unknown in the valley. The following notes 
on these plants taken from his memoranda in Gray's Manual may 
prove of interest to the readers of RHODORA. 
1. Aplectrum' hiemale, Nutt. On Jackman brook, in a hollow 
where ferns are abundant, July 7, 1894. I have found it but once 
since. Rare, local. 
2. Corallorhiza innata, R. Brown. In a mountain meadow, or 
bog, near the outlet to Russell pond on the summit of Russell moun- 
tain, not common. 
3. Corallorhiza multiflora, Nutt. In the hemlock forest between 
Jackman brook and Crooked brook; very common along the latter. 
4. Spiranthes Romanzofíiana, Cham. Same locality as No. 2, and 
occasionally met with in the mountain glades. 
5. Spiranthes gracilis, Bigelow. This pretty orchid is very common 
in the sandy cart-roads and borders of fields along the Pemigewasset. 
6. Spiranthes cernua, Richard. Same localities as No. 5. 
7. Goodyera tesselata, Loddiges. This species is very common in 
the vicinity of the Agassiz basin; in glades and coniferous woods. 
8. Goodyera repens, R. Br. var. ophioides, Fernald. Frequent from 
the head waters of the Lincoln and Franconia branches westward to 
the eastern slopes of the Kinsman mountains and Moosilauke. 
