192 ; TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Apr. 24 
by Dr. N. L. Britton*, in which the following characteristic 
species occuring there are mentioned: Magnolia glauca, Hud- 
sonia ericoides, Ascyrum Crux-Andreew, Ascyrum stans, Drosera 
filiformis, Arenaria squarrosa, Polygala lutea, Tephrosia Virginiana, 
Desmodium laevigatum, D. viridiflorum, Rubus cuneifolius, Cratae- 
gus parvifolia, Eupatorium rotundifolium, E. album, E. hyssopifo- 
lium, HE. leucolepis, .Aster spectabilis, A. nemoralis, A. concolor, 
Chrysopsis Mariana, C. falcata, Solidago puberula, Helianthus an- 
gustifolius, Coreopsis rosea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gaylussacia 
dumosa, Andromeda Mariana, Kalmia angustifolia, Utricularia subu- 
lata, Ipomea pandurata, Phlox subulata, Asclepias obtusifolia, Eu- 
phorbia Ipecacuanhe, (Quercus nigra, J. prinoides, (J. Phellos, 
Spiranthes simplex, Juncus scirpoides, var. macrostemon, J. pelocar- 
pus, Xyris flecuosa, X. Caroliniana, Cyperus cylindricus, Eleocharis 
melanocarpa, Stipa avenacea, Sporobolus serotinus, Glyceria obtusa, 
Panicum verrucosum, Andropogon macrourus, Cupressus thyoides 
and Lycopodium inundatum, var. Bigelovit.t 
To these a few others subsequently discovered may be added, 
such as Quercus heterophylla, (. Kudkinii, Helonias bullata, ete., 
but the list, as it stands, is sufficient for the purpose of this 
paper. 
Shortly afterwards Prof. W. W. Bailey called attention to the 
fact that many of the characteristic species were to be found toa 
limited extent, near Worden’s Pond, in southern Rhode Island, 
giving a list of nineteen, and saying that other peculiar southern 
forms could be added.{ Continuing along the coast into Massa- 
chusetts, the next locality which has received special attention 
from botanists, is the vicinity of New Bedford, and here we may 
note the occurrence of some twenty-five of the species pre- 
viously enumerated, according to the catalogue of the plants of 
this region prepared by E. W. Hervey.§ As we proceed fur- 
ther northward and inland the number of these species become 
fewer and more scattered, and are finally reduced to such as 
might fairly be excluded from the list of characteristic pine bar- 
ren plants, on account of their still further northward range ; 
such as Tephrosia Virginiana, Solidago puberula, Kalmia angusti- 
folia, Asclepias oblusifolia, Juncus pelocarpus and Lycopodium in- 
undatum, all of which are reported from as far north as Canada. 
* Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. vii. 81-83. 
+ These species were taken from the ‘“‘ Flora of Richmond Co., N. Y.,” N. L. 
Britton and Arthur Hollick, and ‘Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and 
Acrogenous Plants of Suffolk County,” E. 8S. Miller and H. W. Young. 
+ Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. vii. 98, 99 
§ ‘Flora of New Bedford and the Shores of Buzzard’s Bay, with a Proces- 
sion of the Flowers.” 
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