176 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
R. REcuRVICAULIS Blanchard. The observations of 1920 were 
confirmed: that this is one of the commonest species of rocky or 
gravelly habitats. 
R. vERMONTANUS Blanchard. Additional stations in Annapolis 
and Shelburne Cos. 
R. trarpatus Blanchard. Additional stations in Yarmouth, 
Shelburne and Hants Cos. 
R. ABBREVIANS Blanchard. Frequent in Yarmouth and Shelburne 
Cos. Additional stations in YARMouTH Co.: sphagnous thicket, 
Markland (Cape Forchu), nos. 23,982, 24,025; gravelly railroad bank, 
Tusket, no. 23,996; open rocky thicket near Vaughan (Tusket) 
Lake, Gavelton, no. 24,016. SHELBURNE Co.: gravelly railroad bank, 
Atwood Brook, no. 23,987; rocky thicket bordering Welshtown 
(Birchtown) Lake, no. 24,003. 
R. arcuans Fernald & St. John. Very luxuriant on the gravelly 
rallroad banks from Shelburne to Sable River. 
R. yacENs Blanchard. Additional stations northward to Digby 
Neck and eastward to Lunenburg Co. 
**ROSA NITIDA X PALUSTRIS Rydb. N. A. Fl. xxii. 496 (1918). R. 
carolina X nitida Crépin, Rnopona, ii. 113 (1900). R. carolina, var. 
setigera Crepin, l. c. A characteristic clump in wet rocky thicket 
bordering Sparrel Lake, southeast of Hasset, Dibgy Co. 
*R. NITIDA X VIRGINIANA Rydb. l. c. 502 (1918). Border of spruce 
swamp, Markland (Cape Forchu). 
**R. onovaTA Raf. as interpreted by Rydberg l. c. 499 (1918). 
Apparently a well defined species. Our material is from YARMOUTH Co.: 
damp thicket bordering Brazil Lake. LUNENBURG Co.: borders of 
dry pine and oak woods on steep slopes along Lahave River, Bridge- 
water (quite like the southern specimens). 
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link. Long known from Shelburne; but now 
rapidly covering all open ground of roadside, pasture and woods- 
border along the main road from Shelburne to Jordon Falls, especially 
in the vicinity of Swanburg Lake. The plant is locally gathered for 
the drug market. 
Trifolium dubium Sibth. Northeastward to Weymouth. 
*Vicia sepium L. Border of field, Annapolis Royal. 
APIOS TUBEROSA Moench. Many additional stations in Digby, 
Annapolis and Lunenburg Cos. In 1920 the plant appeared always 
sterile, in 1921 it flowered heavily. 
GERANIUM BicKNELLI Britton. Seen only in a recently burned 
clearing west of Bridgewater—one of the most characteristic habitats 
of the plant elsewhere. Earlier records of G. carolinianum undoubtedly 
belong here. 
ILEX vERTICILLATA (L.) Gray, var. TENUIFOLIA (Torr.) Wats. 
SHELBURNE Co.: rocky shore of Deception Lake. 
I. VERTICILLATA, var. FASTIGIATA (Bicknell) Fernald, RHODORA, 
xxii. 274 (1922). Additional stations in Yarmouth and Shelburne 
Cos. 
