188 Rhodora [AucusT 
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¿PILOBIUM PALUSTRE L., var. longirameum, n. var., caule robusto 
2-3.8 dm. alto a basi ad apicem ramulis robustis elongatis praedito, 
ramulis basi decumbentibus valde ascendentibus caulim primarium 
subaequantibus; foliis amplis lanceolatis vel lanceolato-ovatis prim- 
ariis 4-8 cm. longis 7-15 mm. latis obscure denticulatis, venis parum 
conspicuis, apice acutis vel obtusiusculis; floribus numerosis plus 
minusve confertis ante anthesin erectis, petalis pallide roseis 6-9 mm. 
longis; capsulis albido-sericeis, pedicello brevi recto ascendente. 
Stem stout, 2-3.8 dm. high, with stout elongate branches from base 
to apex; the branches decumbent at base then erect and strongly 
ascending, nearly equaling the primary stem: leaves large, lanceolate 
or lance-ovate, the primary ones 4-8 cm. long, 7-15 mm. broad, ob- 
scurely denticulate; the veins not very prominent; the tip acute or 
obtusish: flowers numerous, rather crowded, erect before anthesis; 
petals pale rose-color, 6-9 mm. long: capsules white-sericeous; their 
pedicels short, straight and ascending.— An abundant plant in damp 
spots back of the gravelly sea-strand north of the Straits of Belle Isle. 
Characteristic specimens examined from LABRADOR: Blanc Sablon, 
July 30 and August 4, 1910, Fernald & Wiegand, nos. 3720 and 3726 
(ryYPE in Gray Herb.). QvEsEc: Bonne Espérance, July 27, 1882, 
J. A. Allen, no. 53. 
In typical Epilobium palustre, which is common in Labrador and 
Newfoundland, the comparatively slender stem is simple or at most 
sparingly and weakly short-branched, the leaves narrower and entire, 
the flowers few and smaller, and the fruit on usually elongate pedicels. 
In some of the material of var. longirameum the bulblets which termi- 
nate the filiform stolons are much larger than we have seen in other 
forms of E. palustre, being 1-1.5 em. long.— M. L. FERNALD AND K. 
M. WIEGAND. 
Vol. 13, no. 151, including pages 109 to 172 and plates 86 to 91, was issued 
21 July, 1911. 
