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burne, New Hampshire, leaving there in July for Kittery Point, 
Maine. He was gradually regaining strength, and at one time even 
hoped to resume work in the fall. As the time, however, approached, 
it was clearly impossible, and he was granted a year's leave of absence. 
On October 14, Professor and Mrs. Penhallow sailed from Montreal 
for England, intending to settle in Cornwall where a complete change 
and rest would, it was confidently believed, restore him to health. 
His friends little realized that they should never see him again. While 
still at sea on October 20, five days' sail from Liverpool, he died and, 
though we all mourn the death of a valued member of our Club and 
some of us of a warm and cherished friend, yet we can rejoice that his 
record is one of a life well spent in increasing the world's knowledge 
of botanical science, and we can be proud that Professor David Pearce 
Penhallow was connected so long with us. 
A NEW SPECIES OF SCIRPUS FROM MASSACHUSETTS 
AND NEW JERSEY. 
M. L. FERNALD. 
In June, 1910, the writer received from Mr. Witmer Stone of the 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia a Scirpus from the 
New Jersey Pine Barrens, with the following self-explanatory com- 
munication : 
“Last year at about this time I found a Scirpus — just one plant — 
that recalled S. atrocinctus but seemed to differ in several particulars. 
In spite of numerous efforts I failed to find any more until now, when 
I have just found about an acre of it at another locality (near Williams- 
town Junction on the Atlantic City R. R.). I am sending you some 
fresh specimens for your opinion but fear they will be dried out when 
they reach you. I can, however, send herbarium specimens later 
if you desire them. S. atrocinctus we get only up on top of the Alle- 
ghanies and the Pocono Mountains and it blooms much later than this. 
I should thank you very much for your opinion of this Pine Barren 
plant. If it is atrocinctus it is a very remarkable occurrence. I might 
say that the black bands were distinctly glutinous on the growing 
plant.” 
