40 Rhodora [FEBRUARY 
A VARIETY OF SOLANUM NEW TO AMERICA.— At Harpswell, Maine, 
July 10, 1909, I found a plant that Prof. Fernald has identified as 
Solanum Dulcamara var. villosissimum Desv., Pl. Angers, p. 112, 
1818; not before reported in America. It would seem reasonable 
to suppose that it was an introduced plant, but the station is not one 
where a recent introduction would be expected. It grew in a small 
open space in the thick spruce woods of Ash Point, accessible by cow 
and sheep paths, but by no regular road or path, and with no houses 
at all near. In the middle of this opening grew a single clump of the 
plant. My attention was attracted by the white flowers on stiff woody 
stems, a combination I had never before seen in a Solanum. Prof. 
Fernald tells me that the color of the flowers is not sufficient to distin- 
guish it from the typical form, as white-flowered plants of the latter 
have been observed. ‘The really distinctive characters are the very 
strong, woody stems, and the densely pubescent foliage.— F. S. Cor- 
LINS, Malden, Massachusetts. 
Two Vermont Grasses REDISCOVERED.— When the Vermont 
flora was issued in 1900 by Brainerd, Jones and Eggleston there was 
given a list of plants, reported for the state by the earliest botanists, 
which were not included in the flora because they had not been col- 
lected since nor were there any specimens extant to verify the existence 
of the species in Vermont. Among these plants were two grasses, 
Eragrostis capillaris Nees and Muhlenbergia sobolifera Trin., taken 
from the list of William Oakes published in 1852. Both of these 
grasses were rediscovered last summer by the writer at Twin Moun- 
tain in West Rutland, growing in thin soil on rocks in a territory much 
burned over. ‘The Eragrostis was in great abundance but compara- 
tively few plants of the Muhlenbergia were seen, growing with 
Muhlenbergia racemosa. ‘The mountain is a noted botanical ground, 
being the station for a number of plants of more southern distribu- 
tion.— GEORGE L. Kırg, Rutland, Vermont. 
Vol. 12, no. 188, including pages 1 to 16, was issued 30 January, 1910. 
