1895.] The Flora of Mt. Mansfield. 75 
Notch plants is Draba incana L.; C. G. Pringle says, ‘‘I once 
found a patch that I could have covered with my hat.” I 
found a similar patch in 1893. Before this Willoughby was 
the only eastern station. The variety avadisans Watson is 
rather common in the moist cliffs. Another great variety is 
Arenaria verna hirta Watson, of which Pringle only found a 
small patch. This grows in the coldest alpine localities, in 
moist, gravelly soil, where also you will probably find Gen- 
tiana Amarella acuta Hook. f., Luzula spicata Des., and Fes- 
tuca ovina brevifolia (new to Gray's Manual), L., plants equally 
rare. You may also find Carex atrata ovata Boott.; in the 
base of the Notch, the type station for Aspidium aculeatum 
Braunit Koch, one can also find Pyrola minor L. 
The pleasure of the mountain climb is enhanced by the 
Marvelously beautiful views, as well as by the feeling that 
one may collect, among these wild heights, plants which many 
others can know only from the dried specimens. 
Rutland, Vermont. 
