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Scirpus Eriophorum. Based on Bennett’s record which belonged to 
S. cyperinus or S. atrocinctus. 
Eriophorumeangustifolium. See above (p. 97). 
Carex Crawfordii. Based upon Bennett's enumeration of C. scoparia, 
var. minor, a probable misidentification. 
C. adusta. See above (p. 97). 
C. albicans. Based on Bennett's record of C. Emmonsii, var. elliptica. 
Bennett's, plant was C. varia (See RHODORA, iv. 223). 
C. novae-angliae. Based only on Bennett’s record. Very doubtful. 
C. plantaginea. Based only on Bennett’s record of Carex laxiflora, 
var. plantaginea which is C. anceps Muhl. (C. laxiflora, var. 
patulifolia). 
C. Crawei. See above (p. 97). 
C. debilis. Based on Bennett’s record which belongs to var. Rudgei. 
C. Pseudo-Cyperus. Based on Bennett’s record which belongs to 
C. comosa. 
Xyris montana. Based upon Rhode Island plants which have been 
correctly referred in the list to X. flexuosa (X. torta Sm. ). 
Juncus scirpoides. Based merely on Bennett’s record. The species 
is unknown in New England (See RHODORA, vi. 41). 
Spiranthes Romanzoffiana. Very doubtful. Not seen by Ames 
(Orchid. i. 140) from south of Berkshire Co., Mass., and northern 
Litchfield Co., Conn. 
Epipactis repens. Based on Bennett's Goodyera repens, which presum- 
ably was G. tesselata. 
Salix amygdaloides. Based upon a Bennett record. Very doubtful. 
S. longifolia. Based upon a Bennett record. Very doubtful. 
Carya laciniosa. Based upon Bennett's record of C. sulcata. Surely 
not indigenous. 
Betula nigra. Based solely on Bennett’s record, which should be 
carefully verified since the tree is not generally recognized as 
indigenous between Long Island and northeastern Massachusetts. 
Quercus faleata. Based only on Bennett's report of Q. rubra, var. 
runcinata. The identity of the latter is wholly questionable. 
Alphonse de Candolle described it from a single small-fruited 
tree found growing near St. Louis by Engelmann, who thought 
it was a hybrid. The foliage was said to be exactly that of Q. 
rubra (in the long-accepted sense). The undiscriminating entry 
of this name by Bennett is an insecure basis for Q. falcata from 
Rhode Island. 
Stellaria pubera. Needs most careful verification. 
Nymphaea rubrodisca. Based on Bennett’s record of N. odorata, 
var. minor, which is identical with the plant called in the new list 
Castalia odorata, forma rosea. See RHopoRA, xxii. 162 (1921). 
Cardamine hirsuta. Retained on the basis of Bennett ’s list. Bennett's 
plant, of course, was C. pennsylvanica, which is correctly listed. 
Rubus canadensis. Surely not true R. canadensis. The record is 
derived from old sources and, of course, referred to some of the 
dewberries. 
Rosa acicularis. Very doubtful, unless a garden escape. 
Prunus pumila, Based on Bennett’s P. pumila which was P. cuneata. 
Phaseolus polystachyus. Based on Bennett’s record of P. diversi- 
gO Ei, of course, belonged to the common Strophostyles 
elvola. 
Vitis cordifolia. Based only on Bennett's record, which doubtless 
referred to some other species. 
Gaylussacia dumosa, var. hirtella. The New England shrub erron- 
eously referred in the past to var. hirtella is var. Bigeloviana Fer- 
nald. See RHopona, xiii. 96-99 (1911). 
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