1921] Fernald, — Expedition to Nova Scotia 2G3 



not be satisfactorily placed hut all fully mature specimens seem to he 

 clearly cither A. patula (including A. hastata) or A. glabriuscula. 

 A. glabriuscula, at least in Nova Scotia, matures much earlier than 

 A. paiula and its var. hastata. The following American specimens 



are referred to 



A. glabriuscula Edmonston. Newfoundland: sea-beach, Mid- 

 dle Arm, Bay of Islands, August 22, 1890, Waghorne, no. 49; damp 

 sandy shores, St. George's, August 13, 1910, Fernald & Wiegand, no. 

 3318. QUEBEC: marshy shore, Pointe an Maurier, Chamay, Sague- 

 nay (V)., August 27, 1915, *S7. Joint, no. 90,408; sea-strand, Tic Herlx'e, 

 Archipel du Vieux-Fort, July 24, 19b"), St. John, no. 90,409; Anticosti, 

 August 1, 1861, Hyatt, Shaler & VerriU; Anse au Sanatorium, Anti- 

 costi, August 20, 1917, Fr. Marie-Victorin. Magdalen Islands: 

 Brion Island, August 13, 1914, St. John, no. 18G3; rivages, He du 

 Havre-aux-Maisons, August 15, 1919, FF. Marie-Victorin & Rolland- 

 Germain. Nova Scotia: gravelly beach of Great Bras d'Or, Kid- 

 stone Island, August 28, 1920, Fernald k Long, nos. 21,149, 21,151; 

 pebbly shore, Purcell's Cove, Halifax, September 2-0, 1901, Howe & 

 Lang, no. 1503; damp sand-Hats, Central Port Mouton, Fernald, 

 Bissell, Graves, Long & hinder, no. 21,444; upper border of gravelly 

 strand,. Villagedale, August 7, 1920, Fernald, Long & Linder, no. 

 21,141; damp sand-flat back of beach, Sand Beach, Yarmouth Co., 

 August 10 and September 7, 1920, Fernald, Long & Linder, nos. 

 21,142, 21,152; cobblv barrier beach, Pembroke Shore, July 5, 1920, 

 Long & Linder, no. 2*1,140, October 0, Fernald & Linder, nos. 21,155, 

 21,150, 21,157. Maine: railroad yard (introduced), Fort Fair- 

 field, September 19, 1900, Fernald; strand, Pleasant Point, Perry, 

 August 10, 1909, Fernald; strand, Carlow Island, Passamaquoddy 

 Bay, August 10, 1909, Fernald; Cutler, August 27, 1902, Kate Fur- 

 bish; Cross Island, August, 1892, F. L. Harvey; sandy beach, Great 

 Wass Island, Jonesport, August 5, 1907, Cushman & Sanford, no. 

 1471; beach, Great Cranberry Isle, September 5, 1891, Rand; east 

 shore of Little Cranberry Isle, August 0, 1889, Redfield; Sorrento, 

 1891, Kate Furbish; Swan's Island, August, 1911, Kate Furbish; 

 Matinicus, 1918, C. A. K. Long, no. 04; open sand, sea-shore, Pema- 

 quid Beach, Bristol, September 9, 1898, Chamberlain; gravelly shore, 

 Southport, August 3, 1894, Fernald; Fort Popham, Phippsburg, 

 September 7, 1907, Kate Furbish; Wells, 1898, Kate Furbish. Mas- 

 sachusetts: beach, Nahant, September 10, 1894, Williams; salt 

 marsh, Seaview, October 4, 1890, Williams; beach near Eel River, 

 Plymouth, September 23, 1853, Wm. Boott; southwestern section 

 of Barnstable, September 10-17, 1918, Bean, Bird & Knowlfon. 

 Rhode Island: Tiverton, September 27, 1903, Williams; sea- 

 shore, Middletown, August 24, M. B. Simmons. Pennsylvania: 

 ballast, Greenwich Point, Philadelphia, August 25 October 1, 1874, 

 C. F. Parker. 



