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Melilolus alba Desr., but they are not otherwise distinctive. The 

 older ones, however, are very different. The pedicels are 3 mm. or 

 more in length, and, in many cases, branched. Thus the inflores- 

 cence is a panicle instead of the usual simple spike. The perianth 

 appears to he normal, as does the androecium, but the gynoecium 

 is quite aberrant. It protrudes from the middle of the flower as a 

 slender green sickle-shaped or boat-shaped affair. The whole organ 

 is very obviously foliaceous, and at the base can hardly be dis- 

 tinguished from a folded green leaf. It lacks the long white style, 

 but towards the tip the two edges are approximate or slightly adnate 

 and each bears two or three ovules. According to the strict defini- 

 tion this plant could not be a MclUotus, since it has 4 or 5 instead of 

 1-3 ovules, and, for that matter, it would be a Gymnosperm on 

 account of its naked ovules. But taking into consideration all the 

 evidence, the plant seems to be a teratological specimen of Meli- 

 lotus alba Desr. showing multiplication of the branches of the in- 

 florescence, phyllody of the pistil, and plurality of the ovules. — 

 Harold St. John, Washington State College, Pullman, Washington. 



Additions to the Flora of Isle au Haut. — At page 77 of Rho- 

 dora vol 22, I have spoken of Isle au Haut and of Mr. Hill's Flora 

 of that vicinity. It now seems worth while to call attention to cer- 

 tain plants which have only recently been identified among m^ 

 collections of 1919. I take this opportunity to thank Prof. Fernald 

 for the identification of both specimens. 



Salix coactilis Fernald I brought from a short walk on the east side 

 of the island and it is by the roadside, but its exact location I do not 

 know. Of course it must be found again if possible. Prof. Fernald 's 

 comment on this is " not previously known south of Bangor. " 



Car ex norvcgica Willd. I found in a brackish swampy place where 

 the fresh water swamp comes down to the back of the beach, a char- 

 acteristic habitat. Mr. Hill on p. 295 of his Flora speaks of this as 

 absent from the region. 



And while I am writing on plants hitherto unreported from this 

 immediate region I may mention Triglochhi yalustris L., which 

 grows in one spot at least, at the southerly end of the island. — 

 Nathaniel T. Kidder, Milton, Massachusetts. 



