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nald also occurs on Nantucket as well as the more distinct type 
form of the species, which is scarce. 
Agrostemma Githago L. Occasional in fields and waste places. 
Dianthus Armeria L. In abundance by the railroad near the 
town; on the Cliff; near the waterworks. 
Alsine graminea (L.) Britton. Old cartway over the commons 
east of the town, June 14, 1911; north of the town, June, 1912. 
Castalia odorata (Ait.) Woodville & Wood. In Wigwam Pond, 
July 7, 1912, some leaves were as large as twelve and one half 
inches long and wide. 
Liriodendron Tulipifera L. Mr. Floyd has sent me a note that 
young tulip trees were found by Mr. Dame in 1901 “orowing 
freely in the Thornlot.” Had any of these trees long survived 
it would seem that other collectors would have since observed 
them. 
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Bloomingdale Swamp, June 17, 
1914, collected by Mrs. G. A. Spear; specimen examined by me 
in Miss Gardner’s herbarium. It is a matter of much satisfaction 
that the gold thread is thus definitely established as a Nantucket 
plant. It had been admitted in its place in this catalogue because 
included in Mrs. Owen’s list, and also reported to me as having 
been found in the Thorn lot, but it has since appeared that both 
of these records are open to serious doubt. In a letter to Mr. 
Floyd under date of August 21, 1911, Mrs. Owen wrote, “*T find 
no authority for Coptis on Nantucket,’’ adding that she could 
not understand how the name got into the original Godfrey list. 
‘When I was compiling my ‘Flora of Nantucket,’ she stated 
further, ‘‘I probably used that printed list and took without 
question what I found there.” The Thorn lot report I feel sure 
should be regarded as an error involved in some way with the 
trifoliolate-leaved Rubus hispidus, an abundant plant in that 
locality. 
Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. In dense thickets eastward from 
the locality previously reported as far as Beechwood. Much 
scarlet fruit June 26, 1912. 
Ranunculus repens L. Abundant all over the island, mainly 
in low grounds. 
