94 Rhodora [May 
Cladonia uncialis (L.) Web., “on ground,” Tom Never’s Swamp, 
July 2, 1912. 
Cladonia verticillata Hoftm. var. cervicornis (Ach.) Flk., “on ground,” 
Gibbs’ Swamp, July 6, 1912. . 
Group: Stratosae Hue. 
Family: Parmeliaceae. 
Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach. var. sulcata (Tayl) Nyl., on “red 
cedars," at Coatue, July 13, 1912, and * on boulder," Altar Rock Hill, 
July 6, 1912. 
Family: Lecanoraceae. 
Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. (intermediate toward var. distans Ach.), 
on “red cedars,” at Coatue, July 13, 1912. Kindly determined by 
Dr. H. E. Hasse. 
The Cladonias were kindly determined by Prof. Bruce Fink. 
THoreEau Museum, Concord, Massachusetts. 
EXTENDED RANGES OF SOME CONNECTICUT PLANTS.— In a former 
note (Ruopona, 13:68) I reported Carex umbellata Schkuhr var. 
brevirostris Boott from Franklin, a town of eastern Connecticut, twenty 
miles north from Long Island Sound. 1 have since examined the 
central part of the town with considerable care, in order to learn to 
what extent this variety, having perigynia with short broad beaks, 
here replaces the more slender beaked species. Franklin is traversed 
by several ranges of hills, whose broad flat tops, rising to an average 
altitude of 150 meters, are free from glacial deposits and covered with 
soil derived from underlying soft micaceous rocks. The slopes of the 
hills have a similar soil, but in the valleys the surface is mostly gravel. 
My examination was restricted to the central range of hills and the 
broad central valley. On the hills, brevirostris can be found in every 
field. It is abundant where conditions favor, and often fairly carpets 
the ground. In starved soil the plant is small and inconspicuous, 
but in more fertile spots it grows larger and the leaves are often 30 
cm. long. A favorite location is where flat rocks are overlaid by a 
few inches of dark soil, rich in humus, and it is in such situations, that 
the most luxuriant tufts are to be found. The plant is less common 
in the low lands, but it is present on most of the gravel knolls and 
