244 Proeeeding^ Port. Soc Nat. Hist. 



Amelaxchiee laevis Wiegand/ Common in moist woods 

 and swampy thicketsi, This species is very variable and 

 hybridizes freely with the other species in the region. The 

 typical form is well shown in Xo. 1783, swampy woods, 

 Sedgwick road, Brooklin; and ISTos. 1480, 2507, damp cool 



. : woods, Mackerel Cove, Swans Island. The following 

 hybrids have been f onnd : — 



A. LAEVIS X A. OBLONGiFOEiA. Swampy roadsides, 

 ■ Gray's Cove, Deer Isle (ISTo. 2087) ; moist thickets 

 near shore, Eeach, Deer Isle (I^os. 2095, 2099). 

 The first two of these specimens "are almost pure A. 

 laevis, while the last seems to show a little more A. 

 oh longifo lia tendency. " 



A. LAEVIS X. 0. hairy leaved species. Swampy woods 

 near Lily Pond, South Deer Isle (I^"o. 1807). "This 

 hybrid," to quote Wiegand, "certainly has the blood 

 of .1. laevis in it, l)ut there is evidence of some other 

 blood of hairy leaved species as the leaves are, when 

 mature, somewhat hairy beneath. The only three 

 possibilities are .1. ohlongifolia, A. stolonifera and A. 

 canadensis." Rocky woods on slopes of Sawyers Mt., 

 Isle au Haut (No. 1700). This hybrid shows a 

 similar condition "except that the shape of the leaf 

 suggests A. ohlongifolia or A. stolonifera and not A. 

 canadensis." 



A. LAEVIS X A. Baetkamiaxa. Cool moist woods near 

 head of Long Pond, Isle au Haut (Xo. 1614). 



A. LAEVIS X ( •)• Cool moist woods. Goose Pond, 

 Swans Island (Xo. 1614) ; Brooklin (A. H. Graves). 



1. Rhodora 14: 154 (1912). 



