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flight is stronger. It was no easy matter to run them down over the 
soft sphagnum swamp as they dodged amongst the stunted spruces, 
with the thermometer ranging between So and 90 degrees. J. F. 
Diplax costifera\Jh\. Two specimens of this rare dragonfly have been 
taken this summer by Master Stephen MacLaughlin, in Powell's Grove. 
One specimen was taken here some years ago by Mr. T. J. MacLaugh- 
lin, but the exact locality was not then noted. 
BOTANY. 
Edited by W. Scott, B.A. 
Aphyllon uniflorum at London, Ont. Some fine specimens of this 
interesting Orobanch were found on June 2nd in Mount Pleasant Cem- 
etery, near London, Ont. They were growing in the grass, the large 
purple corollas having a very attractive appearance. This is the first 
record of the plant being found near London. Some more specimens 
were found in the woods on June 10th. The same plant has been col- 
lected also by Mr. J. Dearness, of London, in the Township of MacGilli- 
vray, Ont. J. Alston Moffat, Lo?idon, Ont. 
The Mayflower. Some beautiful specimens of Epigcm tepens have 
been received from Fort Coulonge by Miss McKellar, of the Richmond 
Road. Members of the Club will always hear with interest and 
satisfaction of new localities in our district for this floral treasure of the 
spring. R. H. Cowley. 
Erythrcea Centaurium, Pers. (Centaury.) I found this elegant 
little member of the Gentian family growing in some numbers among 
grasses and flowering at the end of August at Roach's Point, Lake 
Simcoe. Gray's Manual (revised edition) gives as localities, " Waste 
ground, shores of Lakes Ontario and Michigan." The only Canadian 
record mentioned in Macoun's Catalogue is " Sandy wastes on Sable 
Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Collected July, 1870, (Mrs. 
Al/rwn.)" I therefore thought that this note might be of interest to the 
readers of the Naturalist. C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope, Ont. 
