176 Rhodora [September 



R. recurvicaulis Blanchard. The observations of 1920 were 

 confirmed : that this is one of the commonest species of rocky or 

 gravelly habitats. 



R. vermontanus Blanchard Additional stations in Annapolis 

 and Shelburne Cos. 



R, tardatus Blanchard. Additional stations in Yarmouth, 

 Shelburne and Hants Cos. 



R. abbrevians Blanchard. Frequent in Yarmouth and Shelburne 

 Cos. Additional stations in Yarmouth Co.: sphagnous thicket, 

 Markland (Cape Forchu), nos. 23,982, 24,025; gravelly railroad bank, 

 Tusket, no. 23,990; open rocky thicket near Vaughan (Tusket) 

 Lake, Gavelton, no. 24,016. Shelburne Co.: gravelly railroad bank, 

 Atwood Brook, no. 23,987; rocky thicket bordering Welshtown 

 (Birchtown) Lake, no. 24,003. 



R. arcuans Fernald & St. John. Very luxuriant on the gravelly 

 railroad banks from Shelburne to Sable River. 



R. jacens Blanchard. Additional stations northward to Digby 

 Neck and eastward to Lunenburg Co. 



**Rosa nitida x palustris Rydb. N. A. Fl. xxii. 496 (1918). R. 

 Carolina X nitida Crepin, Rhodora, ii. 113 (1900). R. Carolina, var. 

 setigera Crepin, 1. c. A characteristic clump in wet rocky thicket 

 bordering Sparrel Lake, southeast of Hasset, Dibgy Co. 



*R. nitida X virginiana Rydb. 1. c. 502 (1918). Border of spruce 

 swamp, Markland (Cape Forchu). 



**R. obovata Raf. as interpreted by Rydberg 1. c. 499 (1918). 

 Apparently a well defined species. Our material is from Yarmouth Co. : 

 damp thicket bordering Brazil Lake. Lunenburg Co.: borders of 

 dry pine and oak woods on steep slopes along Lahave River, Bridge- 

 water (quite like the southern specimens). 



Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link. Long known from Shelburne; but now 

 rapidly covering all open ground of roadside, pasture and woods- 

 border along the main road from Shelburne to Jordon Falls, especially 

 in the vicinity of Swanburg Lake. The plant is locally gathered for 

 the drug market. 



Trifolium dubium Sibth. Northeastward to Weymouth. 



*Vicia xi'jiium L. Border of field, Annapolis Royal. 



Ap;os tuberosa Moench. Many additional stations in Digby, 

 Annapolis and Lunenburg Cos. In 1920 the plant appeared always 

 sterile, in 1921 it flowered heavily. 



Geranium Bicknellii Britton. Seen only in a recently burned 

 clearing west of Bridgewater — one of the most characteristic habitats 

 of the plant elsewhere. Earlier records of G. caroliniannm undoubtedly 

 belong here. 



[lex verticillata (L.) Gray, var. tenmifolia (Torr.) Wats. 

 Shelburne Co.: rocky shore of Deception Lake. 



I. verticillata, var. fastioiata (Bicknell) Fernald, Rhodora, 

 xxiii. 274 (1922). Additional stations in Yarmouth and Shelburne 

 Cos. 



