38 Rhodora [FEBRUARY 
UTRICULARIA FIBROSA IN Massacuusetrs.—On 30 September, 1916, 
I discovered on the shore of a small pond in the southwestern part of 
Plymouth, growing among the rather dense 
culms of Cladium in shallow muddy water, 
a colony of a species of Utricularia which 
subsequent herbarium study has shown to 
be U. fibrosa Walt., a plant not before 
Fic. 1.— Ulricularia fibrosa, Yeported from north of Long Island. The 
front and side views, about life broad upper lip is erect in flower, strongly 
mi nerved and fluted in the middle of the ` 
back. The lower lip is strongly descending, slightly three-lobed, and 
the slenderly conical spur is practically as long as the lower lip and 
subappressed to it. The prominent 2-lobed palate is slightly veined 
with brown, as is the spur; otherwise the flowers are of a clear 
yellow. The two sketches herewith presented, made from the fresh 
specimens in the field, will serve to give some idea of the appearance 
of this interesting addition to our flora.— S. F. BLAKE, Stoughton, 
Massachusetts. 
Some Traits oF Eprpactis IN VERMONT. — The writer finds some 
distinguishing characteristics in Epipactis which seem to be worthy 
of further study. When examined in living specimens, the sepals, 
both lateral and dorsal, of E. pubescens, as it comes into flower, are 
definitely tinged in the center with a green color. The sepals of E. 
tesselata, on the other hand, have an equally well defined tinge of rose 
color, while in E. repens var. ophioides they are pure white. If these 
color-differences observed in Vermont should prove constant when the 
plants in question are studied in other parts of their ranges, they will 
yield an easy means of distinguishing the species of this attractive but 
somewhat technical little group. 
It is interesting to note that while E. repens loves the cedar swamp, 
it is also found in rich woods, but when in the woods, its leaf becomes a 
dark green, losing its well defined markings to such an extent that 
they are sometimes barely discernible-— H. W. Cutip, Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts. 
A New LUZULA FROM EASTERN CANADA.— LUZULA CAMPESTRIS 
(L.) DC., var. acadiensis, n. var., caespitosa; culmis 14 dm. altis; 
