116 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [May, 
in the warm sunshine, near abundance of Carex canescens, var. 
alpicola, which was growing in dense tufts. I was surprised to 
find Muhlenbergia glomerata, which is credited in the Manual to 
bogs, growing here among the dry rocks. Farther down in the 
woods we found Viola chit esis with its Way ie erlocarpa, and 
. Canadensis, in various stages of fruit and er. After de- 
scending the mountain we walked back through “the woods along 
the shore of the lake. Fragaria vesca and F. Virginiana, were 
both abundant along the roadside, and we had a good opportunity 
to observe the differences helper the two species. The thin, 
light green leaves and small fruit with superficial achenia of 
Fragaria vesca make it easily distinguishable from the other spe- 
cies, with its much darker leaves and imbedded achenia. I ha 
not realized that the fruit of the two species presented such a dif- 
ferent appearance. The fruit of Fragaria vesca is very insipid to 
the taste, as compared with F. Virginiana. 
small muddy pond and a bog Reftnd the hotel well repaid 
more than one visit. Naias flexilis and Chara intermedia cover 
the bottom of the pond, while its margin is lined with many in- 
teresting plants, among others, Lobelia Kalmii, Habenaria obtu- 
sata and H. hyperborea. 
ur two weeks sped quickly by and we were obliged to leave 
this enchanting spot just as the asters, solidagos and “other com- 
posites were coming into bloom. My obj ect in this short sketch 
has been, not to enimetate all, or nearly all, of the interesting 
plants at we found in this locality, or to tell anything new, but 
to show what a rich botanical field lies within easy reach of all 
who have the leisure and the desire to visit Willoughby Lake. 
BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
v Notes on Eatonia.—Having recently made some investigation into the 
genus Eatonia, I wish to call the attention of botanists to such forms of that 
genus as they may meet with. The indications are that there are several new 
species or very marked varieties, of which I think the two following may be 
well separated as species: 
tonta DupLEeyi.—Culms 2 to 2} feet high, very slender: cauline 
loneas only 1 or 2 inches long, abruptly acute, spreading; the radical ones 3 to 
6 inches long : panicle slender, nearly linear, 3 to 6 inches long, the branches 
few and mostly appressed : upper empty glume obovate, obtuse, broadly scari- 
ous on the margins, smoothish; the lower glume broader than in E. Pennsyl- 
vanica, and nearly as long as the flower next above i it; flowering glumes linear- 
oblong, obtuse or abruptly acute, the second one hispidulite: Grows in open 
