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As the fruit matures the inflorescence expands much less in this 
species than in others, the axis and pedicels remaining short. The 
shoots upon which the racemes are borne remain short also, while 
frequently there is a strong growth of leafy shoot beyond the inflores- 
cence and as a result the inflorescence often appears to have been left 
far behind, and to have been lateral when really terminal after the 
manner of Stell ria uliginosa. Unfortunately this condition is too 
frequently obscu ʻe to be of use as a distinguishing characteristic. 
At Ithaca, New York, and at Freeville, ten miles away, a very 
anomalous cond tion exists in respect to A. oblongifolia. Several 
plants have beer found by the writer in low or boggy ground, which 
have the exact l abit of this species and which appear like it when 
in flower, but v hich have a more acute leaf than 4. oblongifolia 
with fewer veins and fewer sharper teeth as well as a slight tendency 
toward purple co oration when young. "The largest and finest of these 
plants are found in a boggy spot noted already as an extreme inland 
station for sever: l coastal plain species, among which is Lyonia ligus- 
trina. A satisfa:tory disposition of these plants cannot be made 
until the region i. thoroughly searched to see if the typical A. oblongi- 
folia may not be: iscovered. If such a discovery should be made these 
anomalous plant may be reasonably interpreted as hybrids between 
A. oblongifolia ax d A. laevis. | 
The following :ypical specimens have been examined. MarNE:— 
Kennebec Co. F ;yette, 1878, K. Furbish: Oxford Co. Gilead, 1897, 
Furbish: Cumbe land Co. West Baldwin, September, 1900, Furbish: 
York Co. Wells 1897, 1898, Furbish. MassAcHUSETTS: — Essex 
Co., Ipswich, Oa ‘es; East Gloucester, July, 1891, J. H. Sears: Mid- 
dlesex Co. Line ln, May, 1906, Fernald; Spot Pond, Stoneham, 
May, 1854, Wn. Boott; Fresh Pond swamps, Cambridge, 1855, 
Wm. Boott: Sui olk Co. Roxbury, 1835, Wm. Boott: Suffolk or 
Norfolk Cos. St my Brook Reservation, June, 1895, P. Gallagher, 
June, 1895, W. i". Manning: Norfolk Co. swamps, Wellesley, 1908, 
K. M.Wiegand; 3lue Hill, wet place near observatory, 1911, Wiegand; 
Holbrook, June, 899, E. F. Williams: Barnstable Co. Hyannisport, 
July, 1896, J. 1. Churchill. Connecticut: — New London Co. 
moist ground near Silliman's Cove, and low ground near south end 
of Fargo Road, Waterford, May & July, 1901, C. B. Graves: Hartford 
Co. "roadside in sandy soil," and * beside brook," and * roadside in 
wet hard soil," Southington, May & June, 1901, C. H. Bissell: New 
Haven Co. damp woods, Oxford, May & June, 1901, E. B. Harger: 
Fairfield Co. wet woods, Bridgeport, May, 1901, E. H. Eames. 
New York: — Richmond Co. in swamp, Annadale, May & August, 
