28 Rhodora [Jaotaky 



considering the various names they have gone under, represent 

 another species. Local botanists should look for the plant next July 

 and if it still persists secure it in quantity in good fruiting condition. 

 Britton & Brown, 111. El ed. 2, iii. 84 (1913) records .1. intermedia 

 as sparingly introduced on Long Island and about Nantucket. If one 

 may judge from their brief characterization it seems probable that 

 this is rather A. Douglasiana DC. Other species that are essentially 

 weedy in character in their native habitats, such as A. tc.wllata Gray, 

 are to be expected in the eastern States. — J. Francis MacbrTOE, 

 Gray Herbarium. 



Vol. 17, no. 904 t including page* Q29 to 2~>J anil title-page of the volume, ivas 

 issued 6 January, 1916. 



