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of local ‘botanists. Nearly all who have spent any time here 
have been connected with the State College, and their necessary 
duties have left them little time for outside work. 
It has been my privilege to spend the past year, 1890—es- 
pecially from May to August—collecting here. Thinking that 
notes on some of our less common plants may be of interest, I 
venture the following. Plants marked * are not recorded from 
Maine in the sixth edition of Gray’s Manual. 
Clematis verticillaris, DC. Prof. Lamson Scribner in an article 
published fifteen years ago, stated that this plant was found 
in Orono, ‘‘ growing profusely on rocky banks.” It has 
fast been torn up, until now there are only a few straggling 
plants left, and these are in constant danger of meeting the 
same fate. 
* Nymphea advena, Ait. f., var. minus, Morong, is quite abun- 
dant at “‘ Chemo,” a pond and stream in Bradley, 
Alyssum calycinum, L. Sparingly introduced into grass-land. 
* Papaver Rhaeas, L. Ever since I can remember, this plant 
has grown in a field back of the old “‘ White House’ at the 
college. Probably at first escaped from a garden, but it has 
not failed to make its appearance for years. 
Viola palmata, L., var. cucullata, (Ait.) Gray. A pure- .white form | 
is prevalent ina meadow on the “‘ Old Town road.” 
* Viola tricolor, L. var. arvensis, Ging. Sparingly introduced with 
grass-seed. 
* Hypericum Canadense, L., var. minimum, Chois. A form 
answering to the Hestription of this is naman in mossy 
places. 
* Poterium Sangutsorba, L. <A single plant of this was collected 
in cultivated ground, in 1889. 
* Epilobium hirsutum, L. This occurs in at least one garden in 
Portland asa weed, where I collected it, in 1889. 
* Epilobium strictum, Muhl. Not infrequent in bogs throughout 
the state. } 
* Ribes nigrum, L. Escaped into rich soil near the bank of the _ 
Stillwater River. : 
* Callitriche verna, L. Abundant in water and wet places, 
everywhere. 
