﻿342 Bickxell: Ferns and 



Such plants were collected on Martha's Vineyard, near Lambert's 

 Cove, July i, 1913. 



OROBANCHACEAE 

 *Thalesia uniflora (L.) Britton. 



Orobanche uniflora L. 



Probably not uncommon, although not previously reported 

 from Nantucket. On June 4, 1909, when it was in full flower and 

 therefore easily noticeable it was found along the foot of Rattle- 

 snake bank, and also by a low thicket in Shawkemo and on an 

 open sandy hillside eastward towards Polpis. 



Note. — -The beech-drops, Leptamnium virginianum (L.) Raf ., 

 grows in association with almost all the groups of beech trees 

 on Chappaquiddick Island, and is abundant at several stations 

 and of strong growth, some plants attaining a height of 5 dm. 

 On Nantucket I have never missed an opportunity of seeking it 

 wherever beech trees were seen but always without success. It 

 seems altogether probable, however, that some day it will be 

 discovered there. 



BIGNONIACEAE 



*Catalpa Catalpa (L.) Karst. 



Catalpa hignonioides Walt. 



Small trees not over three feet in height, were observed, in 

 1904 and 1906, scattered among an extensive growth of pines east 

 of the town; a single small tree among introduced pines at 



PLANTAGINACEAE 

 Plantago Rugelii Dene. 



Reported in Mrs. Owen's catalogue as "very scarce" and 

 found, by Judge Churchill and Mr. Dame, only at two stations at 

 the southern end of the town. I did not succeed in finding it 

 until 1907 when, in September, a few flowering plants were 

 observed in a shaded yard on Broad Street. Two years later it 

 had become established by nearby streetsides at several places, 

 and was also seen in a farmyard south of the town and at as 

 far distant a point as a thicket in Shawkemo. 



