46 Rhodora [Marcu 
The low-growing shrub is of neat growth, bearing before the leaves 
appear, very pretty and fragrant pink blossoms, the individual 
flowers somewhat resembling Lilacs, and remaining in perfection 
almost a month before fading. The foliage is also neat and in June 
and July the bright red berries ripen, making the plant very attractive . 
both in flower and fruit. It seems to me strange that it is not more 
widely planted. 
FAIRFIELD CENTER, MAINE. 
CLADONIA BEAUMONTII IN MASSACHUSETTS.—It has been custo- 
mary to regard Cladonia Beaumontit (Tuck.) Wainio (the Cladonia 
Santensis b Beaumontii of Tuckerman)! as purely southern in dis- 
tribution. It is recorded in the “Synopsis” from but two States, 
Alabama and North Carolina and, while this range has been somewhat 
extended since the publication of that work, it has not heretofore 
been found, so far as appears, from north of the limits given. 
The plant is however, more or less common though local in 
Wareham, Massachusetts, where it occurs usually on sandy loam, 
and occasionally on decaying and decayed wood, in dry, mixed, rather 
open woods. Although it has not been collected outside the limits 
of the township of Wareham there is little doubt that it is established 
elsewhere in the surrounding country, especially in the wooded region 
adjacent to the headwaters of Buzzards Bay, and it would not be 
surprising, in view of its occurrence so far out of its previously 
recorded range, to have it found in other northern localities, partic- 
ularly along the coastal belt. 
It was first collected by the writer in 1918 but it was not until some 
two years later, when specimens were communicated to Mr. G. K. 
Merrill, that its identity was established. Since then material has 
been sent to various American and European herbaria. 
The collector not familiar with the species who might happen to 
meet with it should have no great difficulty in distinguishing it from 
any other Cladonia growing in this region. It appears to be singu- 
larly free from the polymorphism so often shown in Cladonia species. 
The fact that it does not develop cups (either open or closed) and 
also that the podetia are not club-shaped narrows the chances of 
confusion. It is perhaps somewhat similar in habit and construction 
1A Synopsis of the North American Lichens. Part 1, p. 245. 
