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a plant of Listera australis. Concerning the identification of this 
highly interesting find I think there can be no doubt whatever, it 
having been my privilege a few years ago to see live specimens of 
L. australis and to have in my collection of orchid photographs a 
fine print of the species made by Edward A. Eames, Esq., of Buffalo, 
New York. 
Mr. Horsford was asked to show the spot where he gathered the 
plant and we put it back in its place. We then hunted for more and 
found four. Of these one was in good flower like the first, two were 
in fruit and one was a young plant that had no flower this year. The 
plants were all a little lighter in color than those Mr. Horsford had 
found in July 1921. When at their best, in a normal season a week 
or so earlier, they are, as Mr. Horsford states, almost purple. 
Two of the plants in flower were photographed, one of them in 
its original station. All were then carefully packed and taken to 
Boston, where the plants in flower were again photographed to show 
the peculiar root system and bud. "The plants were shown to Mr. 
Schweinfurth of the Oakes Ames Botanical Laboratory who made a 
careful study of them and confirmed the identification. The plants 
have been distributed as follows: one to the Gray Herbarium of Har- 
vard University, one to the Herbarium of Oakes Ames, one to the 
New England Botanical Club, one to Mr. Charles' Schweinfurth 
and on to Mrs. H. W. Child. 
It seems to me that Mr. Horsford has reason for much pleasure 
and pride in adding one more to the Orchidaceae of New England. 
It is wise for the present to withhold any information as to the 
locality until a careful survey can be made to establish the exact 
range and the number of plants that can be found,. I think the 
matter can be safely intrusted to Mr. Horsford, who is most capable 
and thoroughly acquainted with the entire territory. 
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS. 
Vol. 24, no. 282, including pages 101 to 124, was issued 28 August, 1922. 
