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orbiculata, Torr., I do not remember to have seen more than once 
in this region, and that extra-limital, near Cornwall, on the 
Hudson. H. Hookeri seems to be not infrequent. It may have 
escaped general notice that HZ. orbiculata dries white, while ZH. 
Hookeri turns quite black in drying. JZ. ciliaris, R. Br., I have 
seen in the Jersey marshes, and also down in the Pines. 
The difference of distribution of the orchids in our regions from 
that in Central and Western New York is worth noticing. Orehis 
spectabilis, L., in Cayuga, Monroe, and Oneida Counties, and once 
in Onondaga County, I have seen in beds, hundreds of plants to- 
gether; here not very commonly, one or two plants alone. Habe- 
naria virescens, Spreng., along the outlets of the Western New 
York lakes, when found at all, is found in large beds, sometimes — 
extending several rods along the shore in the underbrush. Z. 
Hookeri, nowhere there uncommon, I have seen fairly covering @ 
wooded hillside with its large leaves; thousands of plants being 
together near the edge of Skeneateles Lake. H. orbiculata is 
frequently met with in Central New York; H. cristata, R. Br., 
and H. ciliaris almost or quite never; Z. blephariglottis, Hook., 
not infrequently ; ZZ lacera, R. Br., much less commonly than here; 
Hl. psycodes, Gray, in the greatest abundance in many places. 
Goodyera repens, R. Br., is there as common as G. pubescens, R. 
Br., and both in all the cold woods. Spiranthes gracilis, Bigelow, 
is there the least common form of the genus; S. cernua, Rich., the — 
commonest. Listera curdata, R. Br., grows in all the cold bogs, 
almost always in company with Corallorrhiza innata, R, Br., while 
L. convallarioides, Hook., is never found there. _Arethusa bulbosa 
is much rarer there than here, Pogonia ophioglossoides, Nutt., 
and Calopogon pulchellus, R. Br., strange to say, almost never 
occur there. I never saw cither there myself, but have heard of 
their being found there once or twice. Pogonia pendula, Lindl, 
18 quite rare, but P. verticillata, Nutt., quite common, and nearly 
always flowers finely. Microstylis monophyllus, Lindl, is not un- 
common ; nearly or quite as common as MV. ophioglossoides, Nutt. 
Aplectrum hyemale, Nutt., is much more common there than here; 
and I have twice found it in a close bed covering two or three 
square yards. I once found two leaves with their bulbs, both 
starting from the same bulb of the previous year, on opposite sides 5 
and I have found a succession of six bulb-remains, one after at- 
other, attached to the thriving bulb and leaf. Corrallorrhiza 
multifiora, Nutt.,and C. odontorrhiza | have found in beds of nearly 
two hundred plants, growing under hemlocks, among the rotting 
remains of hemlock logs buried lightly in alluvial sand beside 4 
stream. C. innata grows, as I have RS intimated, in most 0 
. the cold bogs. Cypripedium parvifiorum is common in Oneida 
County ; rare elsewhere, C. pubescens and C, spectabile, Swartz, 
are abundant in proper localities, C. acaule, Ait., is quite Tare — 
there. : Le Bee 
22. Watkins Glen.—[Having been applied to for information as t? 
the best time fora botanical visit to Watkins Glen, we wrote 
