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Dr. Britton discovered the same form on the same date at High 
Point, N. J., and it may doubtless be looked for elsewhere. I 
would propose for it the name forma roseum. Calopogon tuberosus 
and its usual companion Pogonta ophioglossoides | had never seen 
in such profusion. After leaving the beach the road ascends into 
a wild, bleak region of drift hills with little ponds and patches of 
' stunted oaks in the hollows. These pond holes I found to contain 
much of interest. Castalia odorata covered the surface of the 
water or grew in the mud on the edges. Some of the ponds had 
become completely dried up, and in such cases the old high water 
mark was invariably rendered conspicious by a broad band of 
Gnothera, which I did not recognize as a familiar species, but 
which I subsequently ascertained to be &. fruticosa, var. linearis. 
At the end of the Point I again found Echium vulgare, close by 
the light house, and a few stunted bushes of Rosa humuizs. 
Nearly all the vegetation accumulates in the hollows, as very 
little can live upon the bare and bleak wind-swept hills. One plant, 
however, has secured a permanent foothold, and seems in a fair 
way to become omnipotent. Some four years since,so mv 
driver informed me, a few plants of Cuicus horridulus made their 
appearance near the western edge of the hills. The prevailing 
winds scattered the seeds towards the east, until now it has com- 
plete possession over miles of what was formerly fine pasture land. 
Upon the so-called ‘plains,’ a nearly level stretch of country 
about half way between the Point and Amagansett, it is no exag- 
geration to say that for a mile in every direction there was not a 
square yard of ground unoccupied by it. The prevailing form 
was yellow, and about one plant in twenty was red. It is travel- 
ing rapidly eastward, and bids fair to soon reach the end of the 
island, and to assume compiete possession of the Montauk Hills. 
Near Amagansett a peculiar form of Polygala polygama attracted 
my attention. It occured sparingly with the typical species along 
a mile or more of the road, but differed from it in having pale 
lilac, almost white flowers. Dr. Britton has suggested for it the 
name forma pallida. 
The necessity for making quick time doubtless lost to mea 
great deal of interest, as even in my superficial glance along the 
route, I saw enough to satisfy me that the region is one which 
would well repay careful exploration. 
