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A new subgenus for Lepus idahoensis. 



The small rabbit described by Merriam in 1891 (North American 

 Fauna No. 5, p. 76) as Lepux idahoendu differs too widely from members 

 of any of the recognized subgenera to be associated with them. It may 

 therefore be regarded as the type of a new subgenus BracJiylagux. The 

 characters are as follows: Skull short and deep, the disproportionately 

 large audital bullae and small rostrum (diastema shorter than orbit) pro- 

 ducing a strikingly immature effect; supraorbital processes shorter than 

 toothrow, their extremities free; posterior prism of second lower pre- 

 molar and first and second lower molars less than half as large as an- 

 terior; ears, legs, and tail short, the latter not perfectly formed. — Gerrit 

 S. Miller, Jr. 



Antennaria solitaria near the District of Columbia. 



Although not included in recent works on the flora of the northeastern 

 United States, Antennaria xolHaria is entitled to a place there. In May, 

 1899, I found the plant growing in dry, open, deciduous woods near the 

 side of a road a mile or more east of Kensington, Montgomery Co., 

 Maryland, well within the limits commonly assigned to the flora of the 

 District of Columbia. It ajjparently occupies a small area only, though 

 this year it Jias spread. The species has been recorded (as Antennaria 

 plantac/inifoUa fi. monocephala) from the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 (Torrey and CJray, Fl. N. Am., II, p. 431) and there is every reason to 

 expect its occurrence throughout the Austral zones of the eastern 

 United ^i&iea.— Gerrit S. MiUiV. Jr. 



Batrachium hederaceum in America. 



Up to the present year, so far as I have been able to ascertain, Batra- 

 chiinn ]i(<hr((ceiim (L.) S. F. (Jray, has been credited to the following 

 stations and collectors only: Virginia: Hampton ("Chesapeake City"), 

 Ward, 1S77, Va.sey, 1878; Norfolk, Ward, 1877, Muir; Dismal Swamp, 

 Vhickering, 1877; Virginia Beach, Britton & Small, 1893; Newfoundland: 

 Bona Vista Bay, Osborn, 1879; New Harbour, Waghome, 1889 and 1890; 

 Quiddy Viddy Lake, Rdhin.san d- Sr/trenk, lS9Jf. 



The first record by name of station of the introduction of this species 

 from Europe is Dr. Watson's in the .sixth edition of Gray's Manual, 

 1890. The second is Mr. J. M. Macoun's note (Bot. (iaz. i6: 285. 1891) 

 on the plants collected by the Rev. A. C. Waghorne, assigning to them 

 the record of being the first collected in Canada. If Mr. Macoun had 

 access to the specimens distributed by Mr. H. L. Osborn, he did not give 

 them the first Canadian credit because they were distributed under the 

 name lianviinihiK hijperhoreu.^ Pursh. 



Dr. Robinson in Gray's Synoptical Flora (Vol. I, Pt. 1, Fasc. 1; 22. 

 1895) cites Mr. Muir in connection with the station given in the Manual 

 and appends a foot-note naming the above collectors except Messrs. 



