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The broader and paler leaves give it an aspect different from E\ 
petiolata of Maryland and further south ; but then the lower leaves 
taper into a distinct petioley and the upper, though broader at base and 
almost sessile, are not clasping. The calyx is only one-third the 
length of the mature capsule, and the sepals are more obtuse, I 
have no flowers to examine the union of the filaments. And yet, 
with all the characters of E, petiolata^ I agree with you in suspecting 
it to be a variation of E, Virginica, 
I? 
Diligent search by our Michigan friends for the flowering plant 
would soon settle the doubt. 
Dayton, Ohio. 
Aug. F. Foerste. 
Submersed Leaves in Limnanthemum,— The fact that thin 
root-leaves occur, on Nuphar pimiilum. Smith, and occasion- 
ally on N. advena^ Ait., has long been known and is on 
record; but, that the floating heart {Limnanihemiim lacunosinny 
Griseb.) may bear similar leaves, has, I believe, been hitherto un- 
noticed. However, in two specimens of this plant collected at 
Wellington, Nova Scotia, in 1879, there are found four such leaves, 
3 by 2^ in., of a delicate texture,diapho(nous, and of a light green 
color with a tinge of red. They show a well-marked venation, have 
a broader sinus than the floating leaves, and are borne on short 
petioles. 
Elizabeth G. Knight. 
The Flora of the Franconia Mountains. — I have just read in the 
September Bulletin Prof. Bailey's notes concerning the flora of 
the Franconia Mountains. 
After preparing the list to which he refers — published by Mr. 
Prime in the Journal of Commerce— \ left the north country and 
did not return until late in the summer. But I then made some in- 
teresting additions to my catalogue. 
On the borders of Lonesome Lake grows in great profusion the 
Utricularia cornuta. On the edge of Echo Lake, near the boat- 
house, I found the Subularia aquatica^ mentioned in Gray as found 
there by Tuckerman. In addition to the orchids named in my list, 
and those mentioned by Prof. Bailey, I gathered Habenaria psycodes, 
H, fimbriata^ H. tridentata^ Goodyera repens and Spiranthes cernua. 
On the top of Bald Mountain, the bear-berry {Arctosfaphylos Uva- 
ursi) grows plentifully ; and I also found there the alpine variety of 
Solidago Virga-aurea, On the Bethlehem road, quite near Franconia 
village, I gathered the finest specimens of Solidago sqiiarrosa I have 
ever seen, the stems fully five feet in height, and the spike of flowers 
more than afoot long. The prevalent Aster is the acuminatus^ and 
I found its ** depauperate, narrow-leaved variety on Bald Mountain, 
and the niacrophyllus near the base. 
Between the Profile House and Echo Lake I saw two Nabali^ 
the albiis and altissimus. Lobelia Dortmanna grows on the borders of 
Profile Lake. 
Hartford, Conn. Annie Trvmbull Slosson. 
