1911] Flynn,— Vermont Botanical Club 237 
To many, therefore, the term “Labrador” means the whole of the 
peninsula, so for the sake of clearness of record and the avoidance of 
ambiguity, I hope that botanists will not insist on restricting the name 
“Labrador” to that small part of the peninsula that belongs to 
Newfoundland.— CHarLes W. TownseND, M. D., Boston. 
AN ADDITION TO THE DESCRIPTION OF STREPTOPUS LONGIPES 
FERNALD.— During the season of 1911, in the course of work on the 
biological survey of Michigan in Cheboygan County, excellent oppor- 
tunity was presented for studying the status of Streptopus roseus and 
Streptopus longipes. Streptopus amplexifolius was present in the 
region but there was never any question of its specific identity. It 
was a characteristic species of the cedar (Thuja occidentalis) bogs. In 
the case of the plants growing in the hardwood association, one was 
very often at a loss to determine whether the individual was S. roseus 
or S. longipes by the rootstock characters of delimitation. "The length, 
thickness, branching and abundance of roots varied to both extremes 
with the variation in the character of the soil from good hardwood 
land to pine land soil. For a while it was doubted whether there were 
two distinct species or only one. Fructification settled the doubt 
conclusively in favor of two species. Streptopus amplexifolius and 
Streptopus roseus have more or less globose fruit which is circular in 
cross-section, while the fruit of Streptopus longipes, though subglobose 
in general shape is triangular in cross-section with very obtuse 
angles. 
Accordingly Streptopus longipes has demonstrated its specific 
validity and to its description should be added the words: fruit sub- 
globose, trigonous in cross-section with obtuse angles.— FRANK C. 
GATES, University of Michigan. 
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE VERMONT BOTANICAL 
CLUB was held July 6 and 7, 1911, in conjunction with the Vermont 
Bird Club with headquarters at Brandon. 
The first day's trip was to Mt. Horrid in Rochester. On the way 
the yellow bedstraw, Galium verum, Stellaria uliginosa and the balm 
of Gilead, Populus candicans were collected. "Those who climbed the 
mountain were rewarded by seeing the rare roseroot, Sedum roseum, 
