* 1910] Plants flowering in. April 127 
to C. urticulata but the range so far as known at present is restricted 
to central. Indiana. 
Much culture work needs to be done with the group. Only U. 
Solidaginis-caricis has been culturally connected with its aecial stage. 
‘There is no clue concerning the aecial relationship of the new species or 
of the other three discussed. 
Purpur University, Lafayette, Indiana. 
PLANTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FLOWERING IN 
APRIL, 1910. 
The remarkably forward season, especially during early spring 
when the buds were expanding, has been commented upon very 
generally and it has seemed to several members of the New England 
Botanical Club desirable to place upon record a list of such plants of 
eastern Massachusetts as thev have seen in flower or fruit during the 
month of April. The list is based upon the observations of only a 
few members, none of whom were often in the field, and as no attempt 
was made to secure “record” dates it is very certain that others will 
have notes of even earlier blooming, and probably some species to 
add to the list. As it stands, the list is a remarkable one for April in 
the Boston district. The records for April 23 (except for Uvularia) 
were made just north of the Massachusetts line in the town of New 
Ipswich, New Hampshire, but thev are all of plants which extend 
along the wooded hills into Ashby or Ashburnham and southward. It 
is hoped that this list, though based on fragmentary records, will be 
of sufficient interest to call out further notes, that we may have a 
complete record for future reference of the early flowering species of 
1910. 
In the following list the dates, unless otherwise explained, are of the 
earliest flowers noticed, and the records, except for April 28, are all 
from within 20 miles of Boston. Some species without dates recorded 
had been seen in flower several times before the record of dates was 
seriously considered. 
Poa annua (Apr. 2). Eriophorum gracile (20 or 30, in 
Eriophorum callitrix (29 or 30, in fruit in wet open meadows). 
fruit in small sheltered bog). Carex stricta (30). 
