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stalk. This is characteristic of genus Amanita of this 

 form of fungus. This poisonous species with some sus- 

 ceptible people produces serious results if only handled, 

 or if its fragrance is inhaled. I collected three speci- 

 mens, however, and put them in my vasculum. 



We now descended the slopes eastward leading to 

 the Wilsey lyOt, where we found a road leading up 

 through Broad Brook Valley to the Forks. The path 

 was bordered with tall, luxuriant brakes at least four 

 feet high. They were covered with dew, and brushing 

 against them, we became wet through. My guide was 

 an alert observer, and darting off here and there into 

 the ravine, he brought forth gay blossoms of the Showy 

 Queen of the Moccasin-Flowers. As we proceeded, 

 we came to a bend of the brook and followed along 

 high ledges of rock, where we crossed to the right over 

 the boulder-filled stream. A quarter of a mile more 

 brought us to another bend in the brook, and here we 

 re-crossed, and at the left hand abruptly climbed the 

 hillside in the sphagnous bed of a rivulet. Here, my 

 guide said, were the Pure White Moccasin-Flowers. 

 They proved to be pale pink blossoms of the Showy 

 Reginae, however, and not, as I had hoped, the rarer 

 Cypripedhan candidum, or even the albinos of Cypri- 

 pediuni regince. 



It is said that in a swamp near the Forks both of 

 the Yellow Moccasin-Flowers bloom. American Moun- 

 tain Laurel, the beautiful Calico-bush, was in full bloom 

 hereabout, so the day was not without some new treas- 

 ure found. 



