148 Rhodora [Auausr 
similar color in the flowers. The fertility and general vigor of all 
seems to be about normal or even exceptionally robust in isolated 
cases.— Epwin H. Eames, Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
THe WHITE-FLOWERED Birp’s Eye Primrose.— Primula mis- 
tassinica Michx. ordinarily has lilac or flesh-colored flowers, but 
occasionally white corollas are found. In Newfoundland, however, 
the white-flowered form is abundant, often the only color seen. The 
plant is so strongly contrasted with the typical form of the species 
that it should have formal designation and may be called 
Primura MrSTASSINICA Michx., forma leucantha, n. f., corolla 
lactea. 
Corolla milk-white.— Type from NEwrouNDLAND: borders of 
ponds on the limestone tableland, alt. 200-300 m., Table Mt., Port à 
Port Bay, July 16 and 17, 1914, Fernald & St. John, no. 10,861.— 
M. L. FERNALD, Gray Herbarium. 
Nores rRoM Martinicus.—In the summer of 1918 the writer 
noticed five or six plants of Amsinckia growing in and near an aban- 
doned chicken-run. A specimen was sent to Prof. M. L. Fernald 
for identification and he reports it to be Amsinckia Douglasiana 
A.DC., a native of California, which is there abundant but which has 
never before been reported from the east. It would appear that 
having decided to come east, it made up its mind to come as far as 
possible, as Matinicus is twenty miles off the Maine coast. It re- 
mains to be seen whether it will become established or is just a casual. - 
Another interesting fact concerning this island is that it is a hitherto 
unpublished station for Typha angustifolia L. There is one large 
marsh which is oceupied in about equal parts by T. angustifolia and 
T. latifolia. Although unpublished, this station has been known to 
me for a number of years. Previously its easternmost known habitat 
was near the lower Kennebec. A specimen from Matinicus has been 
verified by Professor Fernald, and deposited in the herbarium of the 
New England Botanical Club.— C. A. E. Lone, Matinicus, Maine. 
Vol. 21, no. 247, including pages 117 to 132, was issued 19 July, 1919. 
