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had found and distinguished Carex oligosperma at Long Pond, had 
become acquainted with Carex filiformis and C. utriculata, as well as 
a number of other northern species of interest in the state, but even 
with a youthful enthusiasm I had been unable to fathom with more 
than a modicum of success the intricacies of the more critical groups 
in Carex. In the press of other interests the unnamed Carices from 
this Pocono trip lay neglected for a long time — during which interval 
some acquaintance was made with the Montanae, among other groups. 
And when these plants came to be examined again it was with con- 
siderable interest that, it was discovered that Carex novae-angliae had 
been collected at Pocono Lake. 
With the thought of other possible material from Pennsylvania, 
the Academy collection was thoroughly overhauled. Careful in- 
spection, in a large herbarium, of the material of a critical genus like 
Carex is rarely unrequited by discoveries of interest, but seldom is a 
specifically desired specimen found. A search among the copious 
material, unnamed or awaiting examination before being distributed, 
was rewarded by the finding of a sheet of Carex novae-angliae collected 
by Mr. Stewardson Brown at Ganoga Lake in June, 1898. Mr. 
Brown, when his attention was directed to this specimen, distinctly 
recalled the circumstances of its collection, and was able to furnish 
some data of interest. The station was remembered as in beech 
woods which had been burned over, lying south of the Ganoga Hotel 
and toward Lake Leigh. In moist depressions in this woods the 
sedge was found growing very abundantly, occurring in large patches 
of lush growth — practically the dominant species of the woodland floor. 
In correspondence concerning the southernmost authentic stations 
previously known, Prof. Fernald’s interest was incited and he wrote 
of having the impression that Judge Churchill had obtained the 
species in northwestern Pennsylvania. Material was not to be found 
in the Gray Herbarium and Judge Churchill wrote that he did not 
have it in his own collection. To Prof. Fernald’s continued interest 
is due the final discovery of the material in the large herbarium of 
Mr. Walter Deane of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The specimen, 
critically examined by Prof. Fernald, was collected by J. R. Churchill 
at Corry, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1893. 
Among material recently collected on the Pocono Plateau by Mr. 
Harold W. Pretz and contributed to the Academy Herbarium an 
additional station for Carex novae-angliae was brought to my attention. 
