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species is remarkable for the great mass of spongy tissue about the 

 bases of the stems. 



In winter the muskrats feed to some extent upon the Decodon 

 bark. 



AQUATIC PLANTS OF LOST LAKE 



The list of aquatic plants given above contains only those to be 

 found in the larger lake and does not by any means include all that 

 are to be found in the region. Very closely connected with Lake 

 Maxinkuckee is a smaller lake known as Lost Lake, Little Lake or 

 Little Lake Maxinkuckee. This lake, a comparatively shallow body 

 of water with a rich muddy bottom, contains a remarkable assem- 

 blage of plants some of which are related to the fish life of the lake 

 in a more striking manner than any of the plants of Lake Maxin- 

 kuckee. It is somewhat surprising that some, or most, of these 

 plants are not found in Lake Maxinkuckee, especially in the vicinity 

 of Norris Inlet, where conditions are very similar to those of Lost 

 Lake. The various species of bladderworts are to be found in Lost 

 Lake, as well as a species of milfoil and several delicate and exceed- 

 ingly beautiful forms of Chara and Nitella. 



In the discussion of the aquatic flora of Lake Maxinkuckee, any 

 reference to the forms to be found only in Lost Lake has been 

 sedulously avoided, and the incidental reference to Lost Lake, to 

 those found growing in both lakes, was a rather unfortunate ne- 

 cessity, as it was not wished to interrupt the sequence or attract 

 attention from the unity of the flora of the large lake. The fact 

 that Lost Lake has some importance as a fishing resort justifies the 

 addition, in an appendix, of the list of the aquatics to be found in 

 Lost Lake. 



1. RECLINED BLADDERWORT 



LECTICULA RESUPINATA (B. D. Greene) 



This bladderwort was not found in the region of the lakes until 

 the summer of 1906. In that summer a dam was thrown across 

 the Outlet of Lake Maxinkuckee at the railroad bridge, and as a 

 result the water of Lost Lake drained rapidly away to a large ex- 

 tent, leaving broad beaches. Upon the broad beach thus formed, 

 just south of the Bardsley cottage, the Reclined Bladderwort was 

 found in abundance. 



2. PURPLE BLADDERWORT 



VESICULINA PURPUREA (Walter) 



Found in flower, September 18, 1900, a little way down the out- 

 let of Lost Lake in shallow water among the dense mixed vegetation 



