192 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [APR. 24 



by Dr. N. L. Britton*, in which the following characteristic 

 species occuring there are mentioned : Magnolia glauca, Hud- 

 sonia ericoidei<, Ascyriim Crux- And rece, Ascyrum stasis, Drosera 

 fiUformii^, Arenaria i<quarrom, Polygala lidea, Ti'ph'osia Virgmiana, 

 Def<modium laevigatum, D. viridijiorum, Bvbiis cuneifolius, Cratae- 

 gus par vifolia, Eupaioriiim rotundifolium, E. album, E. hi/^t^opifo- 

 lium, E. leucolepit^, Ader specfabili't, A. netnoralu, A. concohr, 

 Chrysopsis Mariana, C. falcata, Solidago puberula, Helianthu.^ an- 

 gusfifolius, Coreopsis rosea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gaylussacia 

 dumosa, Andromeda Mariana, Kalmia angustifolia, Utricidaria svbu- 

 lata, Ipomwa panduraia, Phlox snbulata, Asclepias obtusifolia, Eii- 

 phorbia Ipecacuanlue, Quercus nigra, Q. prinoides, Q. Phellos, 

 Spiranthes simplex, Juncus scirjwides, var. macrosfemon, J. pelocar- 

 pus, Xyris flexuosa, X. Caroliniana, Cyperus cylindricus, Eleocharis 

 melanocarpa, Stipa avenacea, Sporobolus serotinus, Glyceria obtusa, 

 Panicum verrucosum, Andro2:>ogon macrourus, Cup7-essus thyoides 

 and Lycopodium inundalum, var. Bigeloviif 



To these a few others subsequently discovered may be added, 

 such as Quercus heterophylla, Q. Jiudkinii, Helonias buUata, etc., 

 but the list, as it stands, is sufficient for the purpose of this 

 paper. 



Shortly afterwards Prof. W. W. Bailey called attention to the 

 fact that many of the characteristic species were to be found to a 

 limited extent, near Worden's Pond, in southern Rhode Island, 

 giving a list of nineteen, and saying that other peculiar southern 

 forms could be added. | Continuing along the coast into Massa- 

 chusetts, the next locality which has received special attention 

 from botanists, is the vicinity of New Bedford, and here we may 

 note the occurrence of some twenty-five of the species pre- 

 viously enumerated, according to the catalogue of the plants of 

 this region prepared by E. W. Hervey.§ As we proceed fur- 

 ther northward and inland the number of these species become 

 fewer and more scattered, and are finally reduced to such as 

 might fairly be excluded from the list of characteristic jiine bar- 

 ren plants, on account of their still further northward range ; 

 such as Tephrosia Virginiana, Solidago jjuberula, Kalmia angusti- 

 folia, Asclepias obtusifolia, Juncus pelocarpus and LycojMdium in- 

 v.ndatum, all of which are reported from as far north as Canada. 



* Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. vii. 81-83. 



t These species were taken from the " Flora of Richmond Co.. N. Y.," N. L. 

 Britton and Arthur Hollick, and " Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and 

 Acrogenous Plants of Suffolk County," E. S. Miller and H. W. Young. 



+ Bull. Torr. Bot. Club- vii. 98. 99 



8 " Flora of New Bedford and the Shores of Buzzard's Bay, with a Proces- 

 sion of the Flowers." 



