198 Rhodora [OCTOBER 
It is a perennial, with strong rootstocks, tough, somewhat woody, 
branching stems two to five feet high, succulent foliage with a sharp, 
“horse-radish” taste and odor, and was at one time used in medicine. 
The petioles of the basal leaves are very long, being sometimes as 
much as nine inches in length. It is of vigorous growth and seems 
thoroughly established at Peabody, Massachusetts, at and in the near 
vicinity of the American Glue Company's works,—in the yard, 
along the railroad tracks and embankments, and in moist ground 
nearby. Itis believed from this distribution that it was accidentally 
introduced with glue-stock (probably bones, the seeds adhering to 
scraps of tissue or the burlap containers) from abroad, and that it 
has been here for several years, but in its present station only since 
1909 or 1910, when a spur track was built. 
Of vigorous constitution, a heavy bearer of seed, perennial, some- 
times sending up additional flowering branches from the base late in 
the season, the plant seenis liable to become a hardy weed of undesir- 
able character. 
PrEABODY Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. 
MYRIOPHYLLUM MAGDALENENSE; A Correction.—Having occa- 
sion to look up the publication of the endemic Myriophyllum of the 
Magdalen Islands I am chagrined to find that, with the aid of a copyist 
and in the pressure of details at the close of a college year, the species 
got published as Myriophyllum magdalense. The type-material and 
duplicates of the collection were properly labeled and even at this 
late date it seems desirable to correct the orthographic error so that 
the name of the species shall have the proper form and shall agree 
with the labels of the specimens. As corrected the name is 
MyYRIOPHYLLUM magdalenense, nom. emend. M. magdalense 
Fernald, Rnopona, xxi. 122 (1919), misspelled through orthographic 
error.—M. L. FERNALD, Gray Herbarium. 
Epwarp LorHrop RAND, a member of the RuopoRA Boarp since 
its formation in 1898, died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
October 9, 1924. Mr. Rand was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, 
August 22, 1859, the son of Edward S. and Jennie A. (Lathrop) Rand. 
He was graduated from Harvard College in 1881 and from the Harvard 
