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included in our manuals, nor would it be advisable to insert them 

 there. But record should be made of them, and the time will 

 come when they will be collated. The possibilities of such study 



are great. 



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L. H. Bailey. 



Notes from New Hampsh 



A few notes from the Franconia Mountains may prove of in- 

 terest. I found on the west side, between here and Lisbon, quite 

 a quantity of Nardosmia pahnata, of course long out of bloom 

 but recognizable by its large leaf, so beautifully white-felted on 

 the under side. On this road, too, there is any quantity of Ono- 

 clea Siruthiopteris, which I collected for the first time in my life. 

 It grows in Rhode Island, but I never knew it to fruit there. 

 Here it is in splendid condition. The prevailing golden-rods are 

 forms of 5. pmcea and arguta, and they vary infinitely. I find 

 also sqiiarrosa, thyrsoidea, latifolia, bicolor, altissima, nevioralis, 

 Canadensis, lanceolata. I have not the "Synoptical" with me, 

 and so use old terms. Of asters I notice A. puniceus as the 



most common. 



■difolius 



mmatns, miser (?). Rnhis odoratus is abundant and beautiful. 

 ImpaHens biflora is so common as to give a distinct character to 

 the roadside. It blooms most profusely. A showy feature of 

 the scene is caused by the red berries of Vibtmium Opulns, here 

 -called "high cranberry." I have seen no oaks, chestnuts nor 

 hickories. The mountain ash is frequent. 



I have found some interesting specimens of Osmimda Clay- 

 totiiana. Some of the fronds bear fruit in the usual manner. 

 Uthers, from the same root-stock, produce pinnae, on the backs 

 of which the naked sporangia are disposed at the ends of the 

 veinlet, and near the edges of the pinnules, much as in Polypo- 

 azunu Some pinnules show an earlier stage of modification, a 



development of thickened papillae or hairs, non-differentiated into 

 sporangia. 



On August 7th I ascended Mt. LaFayette and collected the 

 lollowing alpines ; Solidago Virga-atirea var. alpina, Arenaria 

 Groe7ilandica, (of course), Geum radiatiim, var, Peckii, nearly 

 out of flower, Pre?tant/ies Boottii and nana^ Jtinais trifidiis^ 

 Agrostis canzna, var. alpma^ Carex rigida, and some mosses. I 



