1921] Fernald, — Expedition to Nova Scotia 295 



than A. longifolius and A. novi-bchjii, our flowering material collected 

 July 6-25. 



A. nemoralis Ait. Dominant on peaty barrens, bogs and lake- 

 margins, Digby and Yarmouth Cos. to southern Guysborough Co. 

 and Cape Breton. See p. 90. 



A. nemoralis, var. major Peck, N. Y. State Mus. Rep. xlvii. 

 155— reprint, 29 (1894). Var. Bldkei Porter, Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. xxi. 

 311 (July 20, 1894). See p. 156. Frequent in wet woods, thickets 

 and moist clearings, of similar range to the last. 



On p. 156 I gave the date of publication of var. )iiajor as Jan., 

 1894. Dr. H. D. House has since informed me that the date of pub- 

 lication is very uncertain. "The State Printer records indicate 

 that the report was received for printing March 1st. . .it is ex- 

 tremely unlikelv that the printing was accomplished before July 

 1st." 



Frigeron hyssopifolifs Michx. Crevices and talus of gypsum- 

 cliffs, Five-mile River (Hants) and Port Bevis (Victoria). See pp. 

 64, 136, 170. 



* E. Philadelphia's L. Digby Co. : damp roadside, Hectanooga. 



Axtennaria petaloidea Fernald, var. SUBCORYMBOSA Fernald 

 Rhodora, xvi. 133 (1914). Yarmouth Co.: dry gravelly railroad 

 embankment, Arcadia. ANNAPOLIS Co.: dry sandy thickets and 

 borders of woods, Middleton. Hants Co.: dry open gravelly banks 

 of Five-mile River. Colchester Co.: seepy slope, Truro." See 

 p. 103. 



' A close ally of A. petaloidea which demands recognition is 



Antennaria appendiculata, n. sp. Planta laxe humifusa, stolonibus 

 flagelliformibus ad 1 dm. elongatis apice foliatis; foliis basilaribus spathulato- 

 obovatis 1.5-3 cm. longis 0.5-1.1 em. latis, supra laxe canescento-tomentosis 

 1-nerviis; caule florifero 1.5-2.5 dm. alto albido-tomentoso; foliis caulinis 

 6-9 apice appendiculatis, ap]>endicula scariosa plana colorata 3.5-5 mm. 

 longa; capitulis femineis 1-6 corymbosis; involucro 8-11 mm. alto; bracteis 

 3-4-seriatis, exterioribus 4-6 mm. longis oblongis obtusis vel subtruncatis 

 plus minusve fulvo- vel purpureo-maculatis, interioribus lanceolato-attenuatis 

 gilvis paulo fimbriatis; corollis 5.3-5.6 mm. longis; stylo flavescente ramibus 

 0.5 mm. longis; achaeniis 1.2 mm. longis papulosis; setis pappi longioribus 

 7-8 mm. longis; planta mascula ignota. 



Plant loosely humifuse; the stolons flagelliform, up to 1 dm. long, leafy 

 at tip: rosette-leaves spatulate-obovate, 1.5-3 cm. long. 0.5-1.1 cm. wide, 

 loosely canescent-tomentose above, 1-nerved: flowering stem 1.5-2.5 dm. 

 high: cauline leaves 6-9, terminated by a flat scarious colored appendage 

 3.5-5 mm. long: pistillate heads 1-6, corymbose: involucre 8-11 mm. high: 

 bracts 3-4-seriate; the outer 4-6 mm. long, oblong, obtuse or subtruneate, 

 more or less brown- or purple-blotched; inner lance-attenuate, creamy, a 

 little fimbriate: corollas 5.3-5.6 mm. long; style yellowish, its branches 0.5 

 mm. long: achenes 1.2 mm. long, papillose: longer pappus-bristles 7-8 mm. 

 long: staminate plant unknown. Quebec: dry wooded knolls, banks of 

 the Grand River, Gaspe Co., June 30-July 3, 1904, Fernald, distributed as 

 A. petaloidea (type in Gray Herb.). 



Quickly distinguished from the more southern and w T estern A. petaloidea 

 by the flat scarious appendages which terminate most of the cauline leaves. 



