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The pods average from four to six inches long, bearing two, 
three and four seeds, which are flat upon one side and convex upon 
the other and a half-inch in diameter. The wall of the pod is 
quite thick and develops in drying a remarkable degree of ten- 
sion. Other members of the Leguminosae are noted for their 
casting of the seeds; but the undersigned has observed noth- 
ing that will compare in volume of sound or of projection distance 
with the Wistaria. Byron D. HALsTeED. 
DECEMBER 9, 1896. 
Notes upon Maine Plants, 
BY Foie HARVEY. 
The following Maine plants were detected during the past 
season. Several are not recorded in Fernald’s Catalogue or Sup- 
plement. Some are added for locality. 
Anemone cylindrica Gray. Pastures, E. Auburn, Me., une, : 
1896. E. D. Merrill. 
- Cardamine PennsylvanicaMuhl. Rocky hillsides at the base 
of a shaded cliff. Abundant. Growing as though native, E. Au- 
burn, June to Oct., 1896. E. D. Merrill. 
Silene nivea Otth. Bank of the Stillwater River near Orono, 
Me., on a north hillside. The patch was nearly a rod square. 
July, 1896. F. L. Harvey. : 
Koellia flexuosa (Walt.). MacM. (Pycnanthemum linifolium 
Pursh). Field, Brownfield, Me., August, 1896. E. D. Merrill. . 
Stachys palustris L, This was excluded from the Maine Flora | 
by Mr. Fernald, as no station was known. Growing abundantly 
on the islands of Penobscot Bay. Two Bush Island, F. L. Har- 
vey; Pond Island, O. W. Knight, August, 1896. 
Polygonum lapathifolium nodosum (Pers.) Small. Waste places, 
E. Auburn, E. D. Merrill. We also found this at Jackman last 
season. 
Polygonum littorale Link. Waste places, Orono, Me., 1896. 
O. W. Knight. 
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. A single robust specimen growing 
near a garden in E. Auburn. E. D. Merrill. 
