botanical gazette. . [ February, 



The country is very flat, covered with a thick growth of Quercusilici 

 folia, interspersed, here and there, with Pinus rigida, Quercus alba, and 

 the like, while occasionally is to We seen a dense grove of Pitch Pine 

 which has escaped the woodman's axe. Many acres of the township are 

 devoted to the famous cranberry bogs, and it was a beautiful sight to see 

 the well-kept patches, surrounded and cut by ditches, and so filled with 

 the ripening berries that it was impossible to step upon the beds without, 

 crushing the fruit. One of the commonest wild flowers, at times whiten- 

 ing the fields and even growing by the wheel-tracks in the country roads- 

 was the flat-topped Eupatorium hyssopifolium, which contrasted well 

 with the gorgeous Hibiscus Moscheutos of the swamps, whose large rose- 

 colored corolla was visible at a great distance. Not far from our house 

 was the pond whence originated the pink variety of the Water Lily, 

 Nymphaea odorata, and it was a strange sight to see the water dotted with 



the pink red flowers. The pond is jealously protected from invaders. 



The most attractive spots, however, for the botanist, were the many 

 little ponds which are so abundant on the Cape. Most of these ponds 

 have a clean, sandy border, and there we found, growing either near the 

 water or in it, Coreopsis rosea, Sabbatia chloroides and stellaris and Lo- 

 belia Dortmanna, giving a most beautiful contrast of color to the margin 

 of the pond, while less conspicuous plants were Fuirena squarrosa, var. 

 pumila, Eleocharis olivacea, melanocarpa and Robbinsii, the latter's well- 

 fruited -pikes even narrower than the culm, Rhynchospora macrostachya, 

 Scleria reticularis, and other commoner species of the Cyperacese. In 

 places on the pond borders Lachnanthes tinctoria was very abundant, as 

 also Xyris Caroliniana, flexuosa, and its var. pumila. 



But the great charm of the ponds were the Utricularias. I never saw 

 them in such profusion. In one spot Utricularia cornuta give the bog a 

 dash of yellow, while Utricularia purpurea was growing and flowering so 

 abundantly that when the sun shone upon it, the surface of the pond 

 was, as it were, painted purple. The pretty little Utricularia inflata was 

 sading at wdl on the water, and I found full-fruited plants in large num- 

 bers drifted against the shore. Beautiful specimens of Utricularia clan- 

 destma were common. This is a very modest plant to see, as its small 

 yellow flower is alone visible above the slimy water which is its favorite 

 home, but when carefully taken up, washed and mounted, it is a joy for- 

 ever. The clandestine fruit is a prominent feature. At one pond we 

 found what seems to be a very large form of Utricularia gibba. It cer- 

 tainly resembles nothing else, but will require more study. A ditch bor- 

 dering a cranberry bog was fairly choked with Utricularia minor, but the 

 most careful search revealed no trace of flower or fruit. Perhaps the 

 most interesting find, made by my friend (Mr. J. R. Churchill), just after 

 my departure, was Utricularia subulata, var. cleistogama. I saw and de- 

 termined fresh specimens of it afterwards. It was growing abundantly on 

 the muddy border of a pond in all stages of development, from the early 



