78 Rhodora [May 
on the larger islands about. On a casual visit to Nathan’s Sep- 
tember 3, 1917, I was struck by a thriving golden rod of which there 
were very few plants. I have already commented on the vigor 
shown by the growth on Nathan’s. I very nearly passed those plants 
by as strong growing Solidago canadensis. Fortunately a second 
impulse led me to bring away one complete and one partial specimen. 
Prof. Fernald pronounced them to be Solidago lepida DC., var. 
fallax Fernald, and referred me to the first article in Ruopora XVII 
(1915) where on page 9 we read under this variety the range “ New- 
foundland to British Columbia, south to northern New Brunswick, 
northern Maine, northern Michigan, Utah and Washington." And 
Prof. Fernald has written on my sheet “first south of Aroostook 
Valley.” 
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 
TRILLIUM RECTISTAMINEUM, A VALID SPECIES OF THE 
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 
Hanorp Sr. JOHN. 
Ix 1917 R. R. Gates described a new variety of. Trillium, T. lanceo- 
latum Boykin, var. rectistamineum Gates. He based it on a series 
of sheets with imperfect data from the Chapman Herbarium. Gates 
gives an adequate description, and states! that, “This plant, no 
doubt, constitutes a distinct species, differing from T. lanceolatum 
especially in the petals, anthers, and ovary, but as the specimens 
available are without locality and only one shows a complete flower, 
it seems desirable merely to designate this form as above indicated." 
When the writer reorganized the Trilliums in the Gray Herbarium, 
three sheets from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama were separated as 
a very distinct species. By the kindness of Dr. J. M. Greenman 
it has been possible to compare these with authentic material of 
T. lanceolatum Boykin, var. rectistamineum Gates and their identity 
is unquestionable. The additional material confirms the specific 
nature of the characters, and gives exact information as to the range 
of the plant. There is, consequently, no reason for keeping it in 
! Ann. Mo. Bot. Gerd. iv. 48 (1917). 
