Conopholts americana. 5 
All of the above information was gained from the Her- 
barium of Lafayette College and given me by Dr. Thomas 
C. Porter. It is also reported from Delaware County (Dr. 
George Smith’s Catalogue), but no locality is given. Bucks 
County (J. S. Mayer’s Catalogue). Chester County, rich 
woods along the Brandywine (Darlington’s Flora Cestrica). 
Virginia—Blue Ridge Mountain, Turhe’s Gap, Albemarle 
County, J. D. Tinsley. Smyth County, J. K. Small (Herba- 
rium of Lafayette College, Dr. Thomas C. Porter). 
West Virginia —Cheat Mountains, L. C. Corbett. Decker 
Creek, L. C. Corbett. 
North Carolina.—Watauga County, Blowing Rock, Small 
and Heller (Herbarium of Lafayette College, Dr. Thomas C. 
Porter). 
South Carolina.—Northern part, above lower limits of Pied- 
mont plateau, W. W. Ashe. 
Georgia.—Northern part, W. W. Ashe. 
florida.—Near Apalachicola. This region has now been 
built up, and the plant is in consequence no longer found there ; 
A. W. Chapman. Chattahoochee, A. W. Chapman. Lake City, 
P. H. Rolfs. Ocala, J. D. Smith (Baltimore). Hibernia, W. 
M. Canby (Herbarium of Lafayette College, Dr. Thomas C. 
Porter). 
Ohio.—One and a half miles east of Oberlin, Albert Norris. 
Indiana.—Locality not given, Thomas MacBride. 
Ill. Tre oF FLowERINe. 
The flowering shoots, which are the only parts of the plant 
that appear above ground, have been found in the Pennsylvania 
woods in early May, just beginning to flower (May 10, 18go, 
Lancaster County, N. A. Heller) and continue in full bloom 
until certainly the third week in June (Gallitzen, Pa., Professor 
Macfarlane). 
The following dates have been variously reported : 
Chester County, June 27, past flowering. 
