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Vermont and Connecticut. In 1839, I had the pleasure of finding it 

 in Mast swamp, Plymouth, Mass. 



Floe'rkea proserpinacoides Willd. 



Castleton, and other places in Vermont. Dr. Robbins, 1829. 



Fiburnum Oxycoccus Pnrshj var. eradiatum Oakes. V. 

 pauciflorum La Pylaie 



This differs from F^ibiirnum Oxycoccus in no respect but in the 

 want of rays, which is caused by its alpine situation. On the alpine 

 region of the White mountains, near the limits of trees. Dr. Rob- 

 bins, 1829. Mr. Tuckerman and Mr. McRae have lately found it 

 on the Mansfield mountain, Vermont. 



/Senecio aureus L. b. lanceolatus Oakes 



This curious variety has lanceolate acute radical leaves, two or 

 three inches long, and lanceolate stem leaves, pinnatifid at base, but 

 in other respects it does not differ fiom S. aureus. Shady swamp at 

 Brownington, Vermont. Dr. Robbins, 1829. 



Heleastrum album D. C. Pr. 5, 264. Chrysopsis alba, 



Povvnal, Vermont. Dr. Robbins, 1829. 

 Campanula glomerata L. 



In Dark Lane, Danvers, where it has been naturalized many years, 

 and was first found by Andrew Nichols, M. D. 



t^'rbutus alpina L. 



On the alj)ine regions of the White Mountains. Dr. Robbins, 

 1829. 



Faccinlum cespitosum Mich. b. foliis raajoribus Hooker. 



Fl. Bor. Am. 11. p. 33, pi. 126. 



On the alpine regions of the White mountains. Dr. Robbins, 

 1829. 



Faccinium canadense Richardson Hook. Fl. Bor. TI. 32. 



Abundant in the north of New England, and on the alpine region 

 of the White mountains- 1826. 



Pterospora Andromede« JYuttall 



In Colchester and Burlington, Vermont. Dr. Robbins, 1829. 



Pyrola minor L. 



In woods at the base of the White mountains. Dr. Charles Picker- 

 ing and William Oakes, 1825. Exactly agrees with European speci- 

 mens. Only two or three plants could be found in the locality, 

 which vvas in E. A. Crawford's old path to Mount Washington, a 

 few miles below the old camp. 



Thymus serpyllum L. 



In a dry pasture at Boxford, Mass. Dr. George Osgood and 

 William Oakes, August, 1819. 



