100 Rhodora {May 
p.61 Stachys cordata. Based upon Bennett's record. Surely an error. 
p.62 Lycopus lucidus, var. americanus. Surely not this northwestern plant. 
Based on a record by Bennett, who may have had L, sessilifolius, 
a Rhode Island species not included in either list. 
Physalis viscosa, and others. The entries based solely on Bennett’s 
. names are wholly indefinite unless his plants can be found and prop- 
erly identified. 
p.65 Utricularia vulgaris. The Rhode Island plant is var. americana which 
is properly listed. i 
p.66 Houstonia tenuifolia. Based upon Bennett’s record which belonged 
to H. longifolia. 
Lonicera oblongifolia. Surely an error of determination. 
p.69 Solidago racemosa. Surely an error of determination. 
S. racemosa, var. Gillmani. Surely an error of determination. 
S. decumbens. Surely an error of determination. 
S. stricta. Surely an error of determination. 
S. Boottii. The plant so recorded is S. nemoralis (See p. 97). 
S. tortifolia. Surely an error of determination. 
p.70 Aster sagittifolius. Surely an error of determination. 
p.74 Centaurea americana. Record based on a specimen of C. nigra (See 
p. 97). 
These are by no means all the misleading entries, for, although 
citing many recent revisions (for example, of Sabatia and Pucci- 
nellia) published in Rnopona, the compilers stopped with the cita- 
tions and failed to derive the Rhode Island data from the papers: 
that Sabatia dodecandra does not occur in the state but there is 
represented by S. Kennedyana and that Puccinellia fasciculata is 
a Rhode Island plant. Enough, however, has been here recorded to 
indicate that the list cannot be used with safety by anyone not inti- 
mate with the sources of the data. It is certainly to be regretted 
that at the untimely death of Mr. Noble, who originally undertook 
the work with clear understanding of its complexity, his tentative 
and unverified manuscript fell into the hands of those wholly un- 
equipped for the task. It is also to be regretted that the zeal of these 
compilers could not have been led by an experienced and sympathetic 
guide into safer and less complicated channels. 
Gray HERBARIUM. 
Vol. 24, no. 279, including pages 37 to 56 and plates 135 and 186, was issued 
14 June, 1922. 
Vol. 24, no. 280, inciuding pages 57 to 76 and plate 137, was issued 20 
June, 1922. 
