Vol. 35 



BULLETIN 



No 10 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



OCTOBER, 1908 



The ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 



EUGKNE P. BlCKNELL 



Since Part II of this paper was published, a visit was made to 

 Nantucket, from June 7 to 20, for the purpose, primarily, of in- 

 vestigating the earlier Carices. Previous visits, always in the late 

 summer and autumn, had necessarily missed those sedges which, 

 after their flowering and fruiting period in the spring and early 

 summer, may no longer be recognized. The Carex season on Nan- 

 tucket, therefore, promised to be of more than ordinary interest, 

 especially as the list of species credited to the island was manifestly 

 far from complete. The event disclosed no less than thirteen 

 Carices not previously met with, all but one of which were additions 

 t0 the island's known flora. 



Another interesting outcome of this visit was the addition of 

 grasses to those previously enumerated. In this group, also, 

 m any new observations were made. The record of these may be 

 deferred to an appendix, but, for the purpose of preserving the 

 general sequence of species as far as published, the additions are 

 here interpolated. 



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der of this paper will not accord strictly with the statement made 

 In the introduction that it is based solely on explorations con- 

 ducted in the late summer and autumn. In general, however, this 

 Wl U remain true, and all facts derived from observations made ex- 

 cl usively in J une will be so indicated in the text. 



In connection with these observations it should be recorded 

 that the spring season of 1908 on Nantucket was a very late and 



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