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back inland, blocked the way. Along the edge of the cove nothing of 
special interest appeared, but at its upper end, where it took a sharp 
turn and swung toward an arm of the lake, we found abundance of 
Gaylussacia dumosa — a shrub by no means common in this region — 
plentifully loaded with fruit. In the rather low old field or pasture, 
that bordered the end of the cove, was growing Lycopodium obscurum, 
var. dendroideum, a little of. L. clavatum, and much more L. clavatum, 
var. megastachyon. A curious variant of this last named variety was 
found in one colony. Here, mixed in with the normal form, which has 
spikcs borne on long peduncles, were a few individuals with spikes 
entirely sessile or on very short peduncles, and plants were found 
havir ail these forms on the same stem. 
Lea» ing the cove, we turned northward and soon struck a low sand 
beach on an arm of the lake, where we found Panicum philadelphicum. 
As we moved on, there soon appeared not far from the lake, but not 
visibly connected with it, a large sphagnum bog. This of course had 
to be explored, though we found some parts too soft and quaking to 
venture on. There were the usual plants of the sphagnum bogs of 
this region, Picea mariana, Vaccinium corymbosum and macrocar pon, 
Kalmia angustifolia, Xyris caroliniana, and Carex trisperma. The 
presence of Andromeda glaucophylla showed more of a rarity and we 
decided that this bog should sometime be visited earlier in the season 
in search of other good things. Leaving the bog, we had, under the 
trees on the bluff overlooking the lake, the pleasant change of lunch 
and a little rest after the swamp work. It was so comfortable here 
that it required an effort to leave, but the bog had taken time and we 
were far from our planned destination, the state line. We started 
northward along the lake, passing through sandy woods that here 
extend to the edge of the lake, with no strand. A little pond in the 
woods had about its edges Ilex laevigata in fine fruit. We soon found 
a cove that had to be passed by making a circuit inland. At the head 
of the cove we crossed a pretty, quick-flowing brook, full of Elodea 
in fine condition and covered with flowers. It was surely late in the 
season for such a state of the plant. We struck out now through the 
sandy country, with open woods and some barren places, thinking 
to find the state bounds, but we spent time over a collection of Lecheas 
of which we found several species growing together, and had finall y 
to give up hunting for the boundary stone and turn back for the home- 
ward tramp. It was along the highway this time and in a deserted 
