x922] Fernald,— Notes on the Flora of Nova Scotia 203 



We liave it from various stations in Newfoundland, Quebec, and 

 Massachusetts. 



Gratiola aurea Pursh. Common eastward to Annapolis and 

 Lunenburg Cos. 



Veronica agrestis L. Waste ground, Dartmouth. 



A.G a i.i.Ms neoscotica (Greene) Fernald, Rhodora, xxiii. 139 

 (1921). Many additional stations including some in Shelburne Co. 



**A. maritima Raf. Gerardia maritima Raf. Yarmouth Co.: 

 very abundant on the salt marsh along Argyle River, Argyle Head. 

 Heretofore unknown east of York Co., Maine. 



Utricularia geminiscapa Benj. Additional stations in Shelburne, 

 Lunenburg and Halifax Cos. 



U. MINOR L. Additional stations in Digby Co. 



U. gibba L. Additional stations, in Yarmouth Co.: forming a 

 filmy turf in quagmire-margin of Sloane Lake, Carleton. Lunen- 

 burg Co. : forming compact mats in shallow pools at outlet of Hebb's 

 Lake, Bridgewater; peaty quagmire-margin of Frank Lake and of a 

 near-by small pond, Upper Cornwall. 



I*. purpurea Walt. Frequent or common eastward to Hants Co. 



U. CORNUTA Miehx. A colony in exposed peat and sand by Rhodeni- 

 ser Lake, Lunenburg Co., is noteworthy on account of its forking 

 stems — with 2 or 3 long branches. 



**Conopholis Americana (L. f.) Wallr. Lunenburg Co. : dry 

 pine and oak woods on steep slopes along Lahave River, Bridgewater; 

 locally abundant, many stems springing from deep-seated thick 

 bases attached to oak-roots. Freshly bruised plant with a strong 

 odor of cider. 



Littorella Americana Fernald. On the shores of Shubenacadie 

 Grand Lake Littorella did not flower in 1920, owing to the high water; 

 but in 1921 it formed freely flowering carpets stranded on the sandy 

 and shingly beach. 



Plantago lanceolata L. There are two well defined varieties of 

 Plant ago lanceolata naturalized in America and a second species 

 which has been confused with them. The varieties are distinguished 

 as follows. 



Spike at beginning of anthesis narrowly ovoid-conic, tapering 

 to apex; in fruit cylindric and obtuse, 1.5-8 cm. long: 

 leaf-blades 0.5-2.3 dm. long, 0.6-4 cm. broad: scapes up 



to 8 dm. tall P. lanceolata (typical). 



Spike at beginning of anthesis subglobose, rounded to apex; 

 in fruit subglobose to cylindric and obtuse, 0.5-2.3 cm. 

 long: leaf-blades 0.2-1.2 dm. long, 0.3-2 cm. broad: 

 scapes 0.3-4.5 dm. tall. 



Upper leaf-surfaces green, glabrous or sparsely pubescent . 



Var. sphaerostachya. 



Upper leaf-surfaces gray with abundant long hairs. 



Var. sphaerostachya, forma eriophora. 



P. lanceolata L. (typical). Generally naturalized from Newfound- 

 land to British Colombia and southward. A locally abundant variant 



