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hanging rocks there is an abundance of Asplentum Trichomanes, : 
and Carex trisperma. A few rods below, among the bushes, in 
an old pasture surrounded by woods, a single specimen of 
Tradescantia Virginica was seen. It was probably introduced, : 
though it is hard to see how unless by the birds. ; 
As one nears the shore he finds some species not noted — 
before. In the woods north of Bridgeport an occasional — 
specimen of Microstylis unifolia may be found, and along | 
the shores of the ponds Elatine Americana occurs in pfo- 
fusion in several places. With it is Myriophyllum ambiguum. — 
Of the latter we have found three forms, which seemed well- 
marked, growing within a few feet of each other. The first, — 
which seems to agree with the var. capillaceum of the Manual, : 
grows entirely under water. Where the water has receded, 3 
leaving the plants on the mud, the lower capillary leaves ate 
somewhat dried up, while the new leaves at the tip are broader — 
and pectinate or even linear—like the typical form, in short. On 
the hard, gravelly bank, where the water can only cover it in the 
spring, grows a form with short ascending, or almost erect stems, 
with the leaves all pectinate, serrate or linear—var. Aumile (Ral) _ 
apparently.* This last form bears no superficial resemblance — 
to var. capillaceum, but the typical form at once shows the 
connection. e 
On a hill above Moody’s Pond is a field where a large colony — 
of Aletris farinosa grows, and a short distance the other side 
of the pond is the only locality in which the writer has seen Cu 
phea petiolata, The pond itself during the last summer has fur- 
nished several specimens of Ceratophyllum demersum, vat. echina- 
tum, in fruit. ee 
Nearer the shore, but not on the marshes, several things of 
interest are found, notably Spiranthes simplex. This is prob- 
ably overlooked because of its close superficial resemblance ae 
S. gracilis, though on comparing them: the differences are ap- 
parent. Ina large number of specimens examined the root W# 
uniformly a single tuber, while in S. graci/is it has always MOF 
than one tuber, usually two. With this plant grow Eupatorum | 
hyssopifolium and Chrysopsis falcata. Helenium autumnale, a8 
* As shown by Dr. Morong, Azmile, Raf. is the older name for this species. EP 
