1920] Ward,—Gaylussacia brachycera 167 
From the last table it appears that stems growing in the light are 
longer, or at least have their whorls of leaves growing higher on the 
stem than those growing in the shade. 
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON CoLLEGE, Washington, Pennsylvania. 
A NEW STATION FOR GAYLUSSACIA BRACHYCERA.— Until recently 
there have been but two known stations of the box huckleberry, 
one near New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania, of about 
eight acres in extent, and the other at Indian River, Sussex County, 
Delaware, which covers an area of roughly ten feet square. 
To these stations may now be added a third, discovered by me on 
July 18, 1920, near Losh's Run, Perry County, Pennsylvania. Speci- 
mens compared at the herbaria of Harvard University and of the 
New York Botanical Garden with herbarium sheets from the two 
stations already known show without doubt the identity of the 
plant. 
So far as observed this stand was fruiting freely in open portions, 
whereas in the shade little fruit was seen. 
On August 22nd I again visited the colony, accompanied by Dr. 
John K. Small and Dr. Edgar T. Wherry. We found the plant 
growing over a larger area than I had at first supposed. It covers 
the northern slope of a mountain ridge for at least a mile, the width 
of the colony averaging about two hundred feet. At some points 
it reaches the top of the ridge. Its boundaries seem to be clearly 
defined, on the west by the river, on the north by a mountain stream, 
on the east and south by cultivated fields and streams. "The theory 
that the whole patch has spread by the root from a single plant 
seems to be substantiated, as at no point has the plant been found 
on the opposite side of the stream. This colony differs slightly 
from the one at New Bloomfield, the leaves of the new colony being 
narrower and the berries more nearly round. 
On November 5, I explored the neighboring ridges and found 
three additional colonies of the Gaylussacia, covering a large area. 
The growth is confined to the northern slopes, the ridges running 
east and west; I failed to find a single plant on the southern slopes 
The growth is very dense, forming a perfect mat where the condi- 
