196 Rhodora [NOVEMBER 
(E. Brainerd). There are old printed records, with no specimens, 
from Burlington, Norwich and Brattleboro, and it is also in Jesup’s 
Hanover list. 
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES. 
Caltha palustris Ranunculus longirostris 
Cimicifuga racemosa Purshii 
Hydrastis canadensis 7 reptans, var. ovalis 
Ranunculus delphinifolius Thalictrum dasycarpum 
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Trollius laxus 
These plants seem not to fall definitely into any of the above groups, 
nor can they, with the data at hand, be placed altogether satisfactorily 
in groups of their own. 
Caltha palustris has the most perplexing range of any species in the 
family. It is very abundant in wet, mucky woods and meadows in 
southern New England, follows up the Merrimac to Concord, N. H., 
and occurs also along the coast as far as southeastern Maine. Else- 
where it seems to be largely a plant of heavy clay soils in calcareous 
areas. It is especially abundant in Aroostook county and the Piscata- 
quis valley (M. L. Fernald), with scattered stations at Orono and 
Skowhegan in central Maine. It is also in northern Coös county, 
N. H. (A. S. Pease), at Hanover, N. H. (G. G. Kennedy) and in cal- 
careous regions of Vermont. It is abundant at an elevation of 2000 ft. 
in a spruce swamp at Walden, Vt., but seems to avoid the higher 
mountainous regions. 
Cimicifuga racemosa finds its natural eastern limit in southwestern 
Connecticut. Other stations appear to be introduced. It belongs 
to a small group of plants, represented by Liquidambar Styraciflua 
and Heuchera americana, of coastal plain or Alleghenian range which 
touch New England only at its southwestern corner. They should 
perhaps be classified with the “ Southern species of dry soils” but are 
noteworthy because their range in our region is so limited. 
Hydrastis canadensis has been found only at Shelburne, Vt. (F. H. 
Horsford), Weybridge, Vt. (W. W. Eggleston), Plainville, Conn. 
(J. N. Bishop), and at the base of Meriden Mt., Southington, Conn. 
(Mrs. E. R. Newell). Trollius laxus has a more limited range and in 
