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dense and Veratrtim viride were noted on the lake road from 

 Andover. The latter is an extremely common plant in the 

 Andover region further south. Of the Polygonaceae Polygonum 

 aniphibmm was the most interestuig species. It was very abun- 

 dant in a marshy inlet of the lake. Of the Rosace?e, Gemn 

 rivale^ Agrimonia Ettpatoria, Fragaria vesca, and Potcnttlla 

 Norvegica were perhaps the most noteworthy herbaceous species. 

 Rosa lucida and R. Carolina were both common, I should now 

 expect to find R. nitida as well. The list of Compositae is large 

 in proportion to the other lists. The golden rods most noticed 

 were Solidago latifolia, S. lanceolata, S.juncea, and 5. rugosa ; 

 while the asters were fewer in number — A. macrophyllus^ A. 

 puniceiis, A, acnminatus^ and A. 7cinbellatus being the most 

 common species. Ettpaioriitni purpureiim was common, but E, 

 ageratoides was rare and local. Hieraciiim Canadcnse^ H, scab- 

 runi^ Lactuca Canadensis, and Prenanthes altissima were not 

 uncommon among wood plants. 



Other plants having more or less interest were Brasenia 

 peltaia^ whicli fairly choked a small pond in the vicinity; Sarra- 

 cenia purpurea; Corydalis scmpervirens ; Drosera rotundifoha 

 and D, intermedia van Americana ; Hypericum ellipttcum 

 and H. fjiutihmt ; Impatiens aurea ; Slum cicut(^foliiim ; Cicuta 

 bidbifera; Aralia raconosa; Galium asprellum; Houstonia 

 cmrulea; Lobelia Dortjuanna and Z. inflata ; Utricidaria cornuta; 

 Apocyniun androsa^mifolium ; Sparganium simplex, and Sagit- 

 taria variabilis. Many of these Mr. Johnson probably observed 

 as wxll. I agree with him when he mentions the apparent pau- 

 city of species — for my list includes a little less than two hun- 

 dred — but am sure that both his list and my own might be much 

 increased by a longer search. There are many small bogs and 

 marshy ponds that would doubtless yield many species of water 

 plants if any one took the pains to explore them. While the 

 deep-wood flora is not of great variety, yet certain species must 

 be present that could be found by careful search. 



On the mountains in the neighborhood some interesting 

 plants must occur. The only one I recall is Arenaria Grcenlan- 

 dica, which I found on Mount Aziscoos, and which is also re- 

 ported on Bald Pate Mount, near Andover, by the Rev. J. W. 

 Sture. 



