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a monumental *thank-you-marm." Our springs apparently stood 
the test, only to disintegrate some days later in Vermont. 
On dry ledges high above the falls grew W'oodsia ?lvensis; on shaded 
ledges the familiar Polypodium vulgare. Near the foot of the falls 
was one good plant of Adlumia fungosa, and a nice sod of Sagina 
procumbens, while Campanula rotundifolia was frequent in moist 
crevices. A single plant of Arabis lyrata nestled among the stones of 
the gorge wall, while in the sandy bank higher up grew 4. laevigata 
and Tussilago still showing a few blooms. Along the stream were 
beds of Tiarella, with Rhus Toxicodendron and Rubus triflorus, and in 
the stream itself clumps of Poa saltuensis Fernald, Carex torta, Carda- 
mine pennsylvanica, Chrysosplenium americanum and _ Steironema 
ciliatum. We found one Gentiana but whether G. Andrewsii Griseb. 
or G. clausa Raf. did not yet appear. 
The region comes within the New York floral area and has been: 
visited by New York botanists as may be seen by articles relating to it! 
Some contributors to its literature have raised a troublesome 
question of synonymy by writing of Copake Falls, N. Y. when they 
mean Bash-Bish Falls, Mass. The lists of Mr. Stewart H. Burnham 
and Mr. Sereno Stetson are very interesting, as both are evidently 
keen collectors, and their visits took place earlier and later in the 
season than ours of May 30. 
Plants on Mr. Burnham's list which we did not find are: 
Asplenium Trichomanes Clematis verticillaris 
Panicum latifolium Pyrus Americana 
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora Rosa blanda 
Hystrix patula Desmodium bracteosum 
Carex brunnescens Poir. var. gracie Aralia hispida 
lior Britton Cornus circinata 
*  trisperma Asclepias phytolaccoides 
* mirabilis , Pycnanthemum incanum 
Quercus coccinea Mentha gentilis 
Cerastium nutans Helianthus divaricatus 
Mr. Stetson viewed the general region as one geographic unit, 
paying very little attention to the State Line, so it is not possible to 
1 The Rare Mosses of Bash-Bish Falls. Elizabeth G. Britton, Torreya I, 9, 1901. 
The Flora of Copake Falls, N. Y. Sereno Stetson, Torreya XIII, 121-133, 1913. 
A Supplementary List of the Plants of Copake Falls, N. Y. Stewart H. Burnham, Torreya 
XIII, 217-19, 1913. 
1913 notes on the Flora of Copake Falls, N. Y. Sereno Stetson, TOrreya XIV, 42—45, 1914. 
