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Valley, Oconee County, about 33 miles from Highlands. Here there 

 were rods of the banks covered with it and it extended up and down 

 the river, more or less, for three miles, so that this formerly rarest of 

 plants was at last found in sufficient abundance to assure its contin- 

 uance. 



Another instance of the rediscovery of a plant is that oi Nymph- 

 cBa elegans, which was originally collected, by Dr. Charles Wright, 

 in a pond near the head of the Leona River, Texas. Neither Lind- 

 heimer, Fendler, nor any other Texan collector or botanist was able 

 to find it again, and for nearly forty years it stood in the North Am- 

 erican flora on the strength of a single collection at a single vaguely 

 described station on the broad plains of South-western Texas. In 

 1887, however, it again came to light near Waco in the same State, 

 Messrs. Trimble and Wr'";ht having found it abundant in one place 

 there. These are only two of several such instances, and I trust 

 will encourage the various members of this Association to aid in 

 hunting up some of n. lost or doubtful species mentioned by 

 Professor Macoun as occurring in the Lake Erie region. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of them, some, as you will note, being actually re- 

 corded as found by Mr. Buchan and Judge Logic at Hamilton here. 



t. Nelumbium luteum, Willd., (Water Chinquepin) Reported as 

 found in the Detroit River, at the Erie entrance to the Welland 

 Canal, and near Burnham's Island in Grand River a few miles from 

 Dunnville. Neither Prof. Macoun nor myself have seen Canadian 

 specimens of this plant, but believe the stations named to be 

 authentic. 



2. Poly gala incarnata^ L. Found in rocky places on the 

 Niagara River, near the Falls, by Douglas in 1823, and not since 

 detected. 



3. Silene stellata, Ait. Also found by Douglas in 1823 in dry 

 stony places on the Niagara River and not since seen. 



4. Silene nocturna^ L. Observed growing near Fort Erie in 

 1881 by Mr. Day, but not collected since. 



5. Hypericum Sarothra, Mx. Recorded in Torrey and Gray's 

 Flora as a native of Canada, but we have no proof of its occurrence. 

 As Prof. Macoun says, however, it may be found in sandy soil along 

 Lake Erie. 



6. Baptisia leucaniha, T. & G. Not detected since the time 



