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Garden failed to reveal this specimen. It probably is to be re- 

 garded as V. septentrionalis.] 



V. lanceolata L. Abundant in the wet dune hollows. [Recorded 

 by J. Dwight, Jr. (D. p. 13), but the specimens on which this is 

 based are V. primulifolia.] Listed by H. T. Gussow. H. St. John, 

 no. 1,277 (H). 



Fl. June and July. Fr. August. 



V. primulifolia L. Rare, on dry sandy banks. Collected by 

 J. Dwight, Jr.; H. St. John, no. 1,278 (H). 

 Fl. June to August. 



V. pallens (Banks) Brainerd. Common in the wet dune hollows, 

 and along the swampy borders of the fresh-water ponds. H. Si. 

 John, nos. 1,279, 1,280, and 1,281 (H). 



Fr. August and September. 



[V. BLANDA Willd. is listed by H. T. Gussow. The plant on which 

 the record is based proves to be V. incognita, var. Forbesii.] 



V. incognita Brainerd, var. Forbesii Brainerd. See Bull. Torr. 

 Bot. Cl. xxxviii. 8 (1911). Found only by //. T. Gussow (E); and 

 H. S. Glazebrook (H). 



Fl. June. Fr. September. 



ONAGRACEAE. 



Epilobium molle Torr., var. sabulonense Fernald. Rbodora, 

 xx. 31 (1918). Quoting from the original publication "habitu foliis- 

 que ut apud f ormam typicam ; caulibus f oliisque dense cinereo-pilosis, 

 pilis adpressis incurvatis; capsulis cinereo-pilosis valde glandulosis. 



"Habit and foliage as in the typical form: stems and leaves densely 

 cinereous-pilose with appressed incurved hairs: capsules cinereous- 

 pilose, copiously glandular. ' ' 



NOVA SCOTIA: swampy edge of fresh-water pond at Life Saving 

 Station No. 3, Sable Island, Sept. 9, 1913, Harold St. John, no. 1,282 

 (TYPE in Gray Herb.) ; rare, in a bog at No. 3 Station, Sable Island, 

 (1899) John Macoun (C. no. 21,189). 



Fl t Fr. September. 



"The only Epilobium known from Sable Island, 100 miles off the 

 coast of Nova Scotia, is a plant collected in 1899 by Prof. John Mac- 

 oun and in 1913 secured in quantity by Dr. Harold St. John; and from 



