204 Rhodora [October 



has the spike branching sometimes with a few, more often with many 

 short and densely crowded branches. 



**Var. sphaerostaehya Mert. & Koch in Roehling, Deutschl. Fl. 

 i. 803 (1823). y. pumila Koch, Syn. 597 (1837). 0. capitellata Schultz, 

 Fl. Pfalz, 380 (1846). o. capitata Dene, in A. DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 1: 

 715 (1852). P. microcephala Royle ace. to Barneoud, Mon. Plant. 

 29 (1845), not Poir. P. sphaerostaehya (Mert. & Koch) Kern. Schedae 

 ad Fl. exsicc. Austro-Hung. iv. 71 (1886), not Hegetschw. Fl. 

 Schweiz, 116 (1840). — Fields and roadsides, Newfoundland; Nova 

 Scotia; southern New England; California to British Columbia. 



**Var. sphaerostaehya, forma eriophora (Hoffmansegg & Link) Beck 

 von Man. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. ii. 1093 (1893). P. eriophora Hoffmansegg 

 & Link, Fl. Port. i. 423 (1809). P. hungarica Waldst. & Kit. PI. 

 Rar. Hung. iii. 225, t. 203 (1812). P. lanata Host. Fl. Austr. i. 210 

 (1827). P. lanceolata S. lanuginosa Koch, Syn. 597 (1837). — Nova 

 Scotia; southern New England; Oregon. 



A closely related species, P. altissima L. Sp. ed. 2, i. 164 (1762); 

 Kern, Ost. Bot. Zeit. xxv. 59 (1875); Beck von Man. Fl. Nied.-Oes- 

 terr. ii. 1093 (1893), was collected by the late H. S. Clark somewhere 

 on the "Connecticut coast" in 1899. The label gives no further in- 

 formation but is sufficient indication that the plant is to be watched 

 for. P. altissima is a stouter plant than P. lanceolata, with heavy, 

 creeping root, large leaves (up to 4 dm. long and 4 cm. broad) 

 glabrous upon both surfaces; stout scapes 0.6-1. m high; and flowers 

 6-7 mm. broad (in P. lanceolata mostly under 5 mm.). 



*Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Shelburne Co. : rocky shore of 

 Deception Lake; among granite boulders by Lake John; at both 

 stations scarce and local. Mr. R. H. Wetmore informs me that he 

 has found Cephalanthus on Cameron Lake (head of Medway River), 

 Queens Co. 



Viburnum alnifolium Marsh. Rare in Yarmouth Co. : thickets 

 and mixed woods near Lake George. Becoming frequent in Digby 

 Co. Thence eastward through the northern and central region at 

 least to Halifax Co. 



Solidago latifolia L. Lunenburg Co. : shaded ledges by Lahave 

 River above Bridgewater 



Solidago bicolor L. Shelburne Co.: from Shelburne eastward, 



*S. uniligulata (DC.) Porter, var. neglecta (T. & G.) Fernald, 

 Rhodora, xxiii. 292 (1922). The plants in a spruce swamp at Mark- 

 land (Cape Forchu), Yarmouth Co., are thoroughly characteristic 

 of the variety which, in extreme development, we have not had from 

 cast of southern Maine. 



S. Elliottii X rugosa. One colony, apparently of this origin, on a 

 gravelly bank south of Belleville, Yarmouth Co. 



