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with patches bearing fruit of the sort. Hence it appears that such 
albinoism in the tribe is not confined to Gaylussacia resinosa. 
Myosotis ca#spitosa Schultz.—First found by me (with stout 
stems and leaves only), submersed in a limestone spring near 
Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa.,in May, 1852, and next, ina simi- 
lar spring and in the same condition, near Stroudsburg, Monroe 
County, by my friend, Mr. T. Dunkin Paret, on the 19th of Novem- 
ber, 1891. It has been a long-standing puzzle. The leaves, all 
under water, were perfectly smooth, and I mistook the plant for 
Veronica Anagalis L. in the young stage. Later (in Novem- 
ber, 1892) Mr. Paret sent it to me, with emersed stems and 
branches, in flower and fruit. These and the leaves covered with 
scattered and appressed hairs at once showed it to be a Myosoits. 
It agrees well with the characters given for J7. cespitosa, and can- — 
not be a form of WZ. Java, Lehm. 
Mentha gentilis L—Another foreigner, which has come to stay: 
It is fully naturalized in and around Tobyhanna Mills, Monroe 
county, Pa., and on the shores of the Delaware above and below 
Easton, as well as in the gardens and waste places of the city- 
The larger and older leaves are often mottled with white, as noted 
by Smith in his English Flora. 
Carex Meapu Dewey. (C. tetanica Meadii (Olney) Bailey). 
On the 7th of June, 1893, at the invitation of Dr. C. D. Fret 
and accompanied by Drs. Moyer and Thomas, I visited an exten” 
sive marshy meadow in the trap-rock reagion, some miles south- . 
west of Sellersville, Bucks county, Pa., in order to obtain pei : 
Carex, and found it growing there in great abundance and in fie” us 
’ condition. An ample stock of it was’ secured, including a chassis 
ber of diverse forms, and the study of these forms, in compariso? 
with specimens from other stations east and west, has convinced me 
that it is entitled to retain its old rank as a distinct species. a 
though sought for, no typical se¢anica, nor any approach t? a 
could be discovered. The results of my studies are embodiee * 
the following description: = 
Pale green and minutely scabrous; culms rather stout and "8" 
id, 12 to 18 inches high; leaves crowded at the base, stiff, © pri 
keeled, about 2 lines wide, tapering into a long acumination, 
lowest at times exceeding the culm, the others much she 
staminate spike thick, peduncled or subtended by a small 
