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but for the most part this pine seemed to have displaced the usual 

 coniferous growth of the Maine coast. Its very short leaves give 

 the tree somewhat the aspect of a spruce, but its less conical form, 

 and the bunching of the leaves towards the extremity of the twigs, 

 after the usual manner of pines, render it easy to recognize even 

 at a distance. We continued to see more or less of this pine, 

 until our road brought us out of the woods. An attempt to fol- 

 low a wood path to the summit of Schoodic Mountain was frus- 

 trated by want of time. But Mr. Rand's article above shows 

 that our two separate visits covered both sides of the peninsula 

 as well as the mountain itself (427 feet in height). We may 

 therefore safely conclude that this peculiar species abounds over 

 the whole peninsula. The locality is the most southern one on 

 record, being in latitude about 44"^ 20'. Mr. Lindsay, an intel- 

 ligent resident of the vicinity, told me that he knew of its existence 

 at intervals to a distance of at least twenty-five miles northward. 

 It would be interestinGT to know what degree of continuity there 

 may be between these localities, and the larger areas in northern 

 Maine. 



While gazing at the trees of Pintis Banhsiana we were sur- 

 prised at finding ourselves in the midst of a remarkable station of 

 Corema Conradii. This plant was growing most abundantly m 

 the open, rocky glades among the pines, and seemed to cover 

 every spot where there w^as sufficient earth to support it One 

 of these glades was about 250 feet in length by 125 feet in width, 

 and another of nearly equal extent was also covered more or less 

 with patches of Corema, and probably we did not see its utmost 

 limits. Wherever the glades were closed by a more compact 

 rowth of pines the Corona disappeared, and was replaced mostly 



by Vaccininin Pennsylvanicunt. In the localities of Corema farther 



th 



or 



west and south which I have seen, the accompanying tree grow 

 has usually been of Pinus rigida, but evidently this litde shrub 

 is equally at home with Pinus BanksianaJ^ 



*1 may here state that Mr. T. G. White has recently found Corema upon the 

 summit of Mt. Batty, near Camden. Me., where Prof. Chickering saw it in i859^"*^ 

 i860, and where it eluded my search in 1885. Three new localities have been re- 

 vealed upon Mt. Desert I.; one upon Beech Mountain, where it has been seen by 

 Mr. Rand ; anothernear Ship Harbor, east of Bass Harbor, seen by Mr.- Annie 

 S. Downs ; and the third upon Beech Cliff, east of the locality hrst named, seen 

 there by Mrs. I.. R. Bogeys. The locality on Beech Mountain is espccinlly inter- 

 esting, as tlie mountain is rarely visited by anyone. 



