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Pond, Chatham, September 9, 1913, Fernald & Long, no. 8,525; stony 
beach, Barnstable, September 17, 1916, F. T. Hubbard; Eastham, 
August 24, 1914, F. S. Collins, no. 3,125; Chilmark, August 30, 1895, 
S. Harris; Wanwinnit, Nantucket, September 8, 1894, E. F. Williams. 
Ruopk Istanp: Newport, August 24, 1901, E A. Mearns, no. 600: 
dryish borders of salt marshes about Harbor Pond, Block Island, 
August 19, 1913, Fernald & Long, no. 8,524; Prudence Island, July 
23, 1911, Hope; Tiverton, August 19, 1877, J. C. Phillips. Conn- 
ECTICUT: Sawpit, Guilford, July 17, 1904, W. R. Dudley; sandy soil 
above strand of brackish pool, Old Lyme, September 2, 1918, C. A. 
Weatherby, no. D 1,820. New York: meadow, Ithaca, August 29, 
1916, Metcalf, no. 5,512; sandy shore of Sweezy Pond, Southampton, 
Long Island, July 26, 1920, St. John, no. 2,564; thicket by pond- 
shore, Fisher's Island, August 10-15, 1920, St. John, no. 2,568; in 
sand, pine woods, Staten Island, September 14, 1917, Gershoy, no. 762. 
New Jersey: Ventnor, August 20, 1898, Githens; Beach Haven, 
October 19, 1907, Long; sandy roadside, Barnegat City, September 
22, 1908, Long; sandy places, Five-Mile Beach, October 2, 1899, 
MacElwee, no. 1,383. PkNNsvLvANIA: Delaware River south of 
Torresdale, October 1, 1898, Krout; swamp, pasture, Fulton Loop, 
July 8, 1904, Carter. 
The New England material is to bé found in the herbarium of the 
New England Botanical Club, or the Gray Herbarium; that from 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the herbarium of the Philadelphia 
Academy of Natural Sciences. 
In closing, I wish to thank Prof. Fernald for his valued assistance 
and Mr. Bayard Long for his kindness in arranging the loan of the 
material from the Philadelphia Academy 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 
MUSCARI COMOSUM A NEW INTRODUCTION 
FOUND IN PHILADELPHIA. 
BAYARD Lowa. 
As in many of our higher schools throughout the country which 
give a general course in Biology, a portion of the work at the Phila- 
delphia High School for Girls consists in preparing a small series of 
botanical specimens. Dr. Ida A. Keller has charge of this work. 
Through her close association with the Philadelphia Academy she has 
from time to time brought to notice specimens often of considerable 
interest collected by her students. To Miss Dorothy Keeney is due our 
