1923] Nichols,—Cercis canadensis in Connectieut 203 
on his label: *Several colonies óf large and small size in rocky copses 
near coast. The only known N. E. stations [of T. angustifolium?] 
are Milford and Stratford, Connecticut, where I have traced it for 
several miles in detached colonies." Except for the oblong lobes of 
the corolla these plants have every appearance of being hybrids of 
T. perfoliatum var. aurantiacum and T. angustifolium, but true 
T. angustifolium has been reported from Connecticut only from the 
Windsor region many miles away. A specimen collected by R. C. 
Bean and M. L. Fernald in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 
resembles the Eames specimens except in the corolla, which, though 
young, is more like that of T. perfoliatum and its varieties. 
ConNELL University, Ithaca, New York. 
CERCIS CANADENSIS IN CONNECTICUT! 
G. E. NicHors. 
ABOUT fifteen years ago one of my students brought into the labora- 
tory a twig of redbud, Cercis canadensis, which he had collected 
“somewhere on West Rock." West Rock is a trap ridge about 400 
feet in height, situated on the outskirts of New Haven and site of the 
famous Judges’ Cave. It is included in the New Haven city park 
system, but for the most part is in a natural condition, being very 
largely covered with second growth woodland. Since the redbud 
had not been recorded as a native plant northeast of New Jersey, 
it was assumed at the time that the specimen in question must have 
come from a planted tree; but subsequent inquiries from the super- 
intendent of city parks elicited the information that no redbuds had 
ever been planted in the park, which covers an area of about 200 
acres, and until recently the source of the specimen remained a 
mystery. 
One day last May, however, as I was driving along the crest of 
the Rock, through woods that gleamed white with masses of blos- 
soming dog-wood, my eye was caught by a mass of an entirely 
different color—the rose-pink of the redbud. The mystery was 
solved. 
There they were, a clump of half a dozen good-sized individuals, 
ranging from half an inch to nearly two inches in diameter and up to 
about a dozen feet in height, together with two or three smaller plants. 
Contribution from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory 
