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LYCOPODIACEAE 



Lycopodium adpressum Undervv. 



Frequent or rather common in damp open grounds, mostly 

 about the borders of ponds and sandy cranberry bogs. Deter- 

 mined by Professor Underwood. 



L. inundatum, L. var. Bigclovii Tuckerm. was not met with. 

 The plant recorded under this name in Mrs. Owen's catal 

 was doubtless L. adpressum which had not at that time been re 

 nized as a species. 



Lycopodium alopecuroides L. 



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In abundance about the shores of Tom Never's Pond and in 

 the swamp opposite Bloomingdale, in both localities growing with 

 Drosera filiformis ; also about some of the ponds in Polpis. 

 Identification confirmed by Professor Underwood. 



Lycopodium obscurum L. 



Met with only about the head of Clarke's Cove and towards 

 the upper part of Long Pond, in both localities not uncommon. 

 No fruiting plants seen. Reported from Gibbs' Swamp. 



Lycopodium complanatum L. 



Monomoy ; Acquidness Point ; Polpis ; open moorland towards 

 the south shore ; the Woods ; Long Pond, Reed Pond. Less 

 common than L. tristacJiyum and apparently fruiting only spar- 

 ry. Neither species was found in the extreme eastern quarter 

 of the island. 



Lycopodium tristachyum Pursh. 



^•t a number of widely separated localities, sometimes fruiting 



freel 



ISOETACEAE 



soetes echinospora Braunii (Durieu) Engelm. 



Reported by Mrs. Owen from Maxcy's Pond on the authority 



Mr. Morong. No species of Isoetcs was met with by me on the 



island. 



PINACEAE 





P,NU S RIGIDA Mill. 



Wa pine, now the most abundant and conspicuous tree of 

 an tucket, is said by Mrs. Owen to have all come from seed 





