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beauty of the fresh plant and its blossoms. Next morning found the 

 mountain buried in clouds and a heavy rain falling. But under any 

 aspect the mountain has its charm for the mountain-lover. At times 

 the rain slackened and then we made excursions to the nearer resorts, 

 only to be driven in by a heavier downpour. In the large bog near 

 the house Kahnia glauca, or Swamp Laurel, blossomed, and under its 

 skirting balsams the Rattlesnake Plantain {Goodyera pubesceyis)* un- 

 folded mottled leaves. In the tiny ranch preempted by "The Old 

 Woman of the Mountain " grew grass and blossoming sedges, and 

 under the balsams beyond long wreaths of unbudded Linncea were 

 hidden. Under the cliffs of the Nose, looming black above were en- 

 chanting spots, green with mosses and Lycopodiums, and from the 

 shrouding mist the white-throat's whistle and the song of the thrush 

 fell on the ear. So alluring was the place that it was with reluctance 

 that we left it, even though on our way down the mountain we soon 

 left clouds and rain behind. 



♦President Brainerd thinks that this is undoubtedly Goodyera tessclata and, if so, it has only- 

 been found in Vermont before by Pringle. 



Stowe, Vt. 



ASCLEPIAS MEADII Torrey. 

 By T. J. and M. F. L. Fitzpatrick. 



IN THE December number of The Plant World Dr. E. L. Greene 

 makes the rather sweeping statement that he alone among bot- 

 anists now living has seen Asclcpias Mcadii in the field. From 



this statement we beg leave to dissent. We collected the species 

 on the 13th of May, 1896, and again in 1897, and in May and June, 

 1898. We find it growing on prairie soil by the waysides or in fields 

 used as meadows, but which have not been furrowed. We published 

 the species in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, Vol. 

 5, 1897, page 154, in the article, "Flora of Southern Iowa." The 

 locality there given is Decatur county. This year we also found the 

 species in Adams county in similar situations, which will be published 

 in Vol. 6, Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, now going 

 through the press. 



The specimens usually have three pairs of leaves, though four 

 pairs are sometimes to be found. One specimen we have has two 

 pairs of opposite leaves and a whorl of four leaves above. 



Specimens have been sent to our numerous correspondents and to 

 the herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Lamoni, Decatur county, Iowa. 



