20 Rhodora [JANUARY 
While these two stations are but few miles apart the strains appear 
to differ slightly. All, however, agree in their resemblance to most 
western material in their tendency to short rays and spikelets, the 
latter sometimes congested, and in the very slightky viscid scales. 
Our no. 5889 from Bay of Islands, Newfoundland (1908) is of similar 
characteristics, all thereby differing materially from most northeastern 
specimens, Furthermore, fruiting spikelets rarely exceeded 1 cm. in 
length and were occasionally only half that, or shorter with 3-4 
achenes. It should be mentioned that S. validus or other ally of simi- 
lar habit was not observed in either station. 
The ,occurrence of S. occidentalis also in eastern Massachusetts 
would indicate its presence elsewhere in Conneeticut, at least in 
northern districts. 
This particular area of Connecticut consists largely of limestone, 
much of which is exposed. In the southwest drainage basin of two 
such hills, Tom and Miles Mountains, in Salisbury, we found in 1912 
a few nicely flowering specimens of Aster ptarmicoides T. & G.— plainly 
out of place in the edge of a swamp. This year we found the species 
plentiful on the hills themselves, particularly the first mentioned, 
growing in dry soil on the slopes, ledges and about the edge of the 
cliffs. So far as we have learned its southernmost record in New 
England has been long known as S. Hadley, Massachusetts.— EDWIN 
H. Eames, Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
Vol. 15, no. 180, including pages 205 to 226 and title page of volume, was 
issued 13 December, 1913. 
