1922) Fernald,—Notes on the Flora of Nova Scotia 203 
We have it from various stations in Newfoundland, Quebec, and 
Massachusetts. 
GRATIOLA AUREA Pursh. Common eastward to Annapolis and 
Lunenburg Cos. 
Veronica agrestis L. Waste ground, Dartmouth. 
AGALINIS NEOSCOTICA (Greene) Fernald, Rnopoma, xxiii. 139 
(1921). Many additional stations including some in Shelburne Co. 
**^. MARITIMA Raf. Gerardia maritima Raf. Yarmoutu Co.: 
very abundant on the salt marsh along Argyle River, Argyle Head. 
Heretofore unknown east of York Co., Maine. 
UTRICULARIA GEMINISCAPA Benj. Additional stations in Shelburne, 
Lunenburg and Halifax Cos. 
U. minor L. Additional stations in Digby Co. 
U.arBBA L. Additional stations, in YarMouTH Co: forming a 
filmy turf in quagmire-margin of Sloane Lake, Carleton. LUNEN- 
BURG Co.: forming compact mats in shallow pools at outlet of Hebb’s 
Lake, Bridgewater; peaty quagmire-margin of Frank Lake and of a 
near-by small pond, Upper Cornwall. 
U. PURPUREA Walt. Frequent or common eastward to Hants Co. 
U. cornuta Michx. A colony in exposed peat and sand by Rhodeni- 
ser Lake, Lunenburg Co., is noteworthy on account of its forking 
stems—with 2 or 3 long branches. 
**CONOPHOLIS AMERICANA (L. f.) Wallr. LuwENBURG Co.: dry 
pine and oak woods on steep slopes along Lahave River, Bridgewater; 
locally abundant, many stems springing from deep-seated thick 
bases attached to oak-roots. Freshly bruised plant with a strong 
odor of cider. 
LirroRELLA AMERICANA Fernald. On the shores of Shubenacadie 
Grand Lake Littorella did not flower in 1920, owing to the high water; 
but in 1921 it formed freely flowering carpets stranded on the sandy 
and shingly beach. 
Plantago lanceolata L. There are two well defined varieties of 
Plantago lanceolata naturalized in America and a second species 
which has been confused with them. The varieties are distinguished 
as follows. 
Spike at beginning of anthesis narrowly ovoid-conic, tapering 
to apex; in fruit cylindric and obtuse, 1.5-8 cm. long: 
leaf-blades 0.5-2.3 dm. long, 0.6—4 cm. broad: scapes up 
ito toca byte UG MERE RETE P. lanceolata (typical). 
Spike at beginning of anthesis subglobose, rounded to apex; 
in fruit subglobose to cylindric and obtuse, 0.5-2.3 cm. 
long: leaf-blades 0.2-1.2 dm. long, 0.3-2 cm. broad: 
scapes 0.3-4.5 dm. tall. 
Upper leaf-surfaces green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. 
Var. sphaerostachya. 
Upper leaf-surfaces gray with abundant long hairs. 
Var. sphaerostachya, forma eriophora. 
P. lanceolata L. (typical). Generally naturalized from Newfound- 
land to British Colombia and southward. A locally abundant variant 
