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2. Chamsecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP. 



The only station yet reported is the "rhododendron swamp" 

 located in the northwest corner of Manchester, where the species 

 is associated with Rhododendron maximum L,. and Nyssa syl- 

 vatica Marsh. [See note on Rhododendron maximum below. ~\ 



3. Juniperus comnmiiis L. 



Known only from Francestown, where there are arborescent 

 forms approaching 4 meters in height, strikingly different in 

 aspect and habit from the var. depressa Pursh, which is com- 

 mon everywhere. 



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4. Digitaria filif ormis (L,.) Koehler. 



At Rock Rimmon, West Manchester. This is an exposed 

 ledge, in the vicinity of which are ecological conditions favor- 

 able to a great variety in the flora, as the following names may 

 show: Asplenium platyncuron (I/.) Oakes., (rare in this 

 vicinity), Eragrostis capillaris (Iy.) Nees., Sorghastrum nutans 

 (Iy.) Nash., Quercus Prinus L., Lespedesa frutescens (I/.) 

 Britton., Rhus Vernix L,. 



5. Leptoloma cognatum (Schultes) Chase. 



There are two stations of this species known, one in Bow 

 (Dr. A. A. Briggs) and one in Concord (F. W. B.}, both near 

 the Merrimack River bank, where the land is subject to over- 

 flow during freshets and is largely covered with fine white sand. 



(>. Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn., 

 var. lobata (Trin.) Scribn. 



In Cohas Brook meadows, Manchester. Specimens are in 

 the Gray Herbarium. 



