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mens from the rocky and gravelly shores of the lower St. 
Lawrence at Tamisconato (C. G. Pringle). In these the 
leaves are nearly as narrow as in /. prismatica (2 to 4 lines 
broad), but the stems are low and rather stouter, and form a 
somewhat thicker rootstock. The pedicels (usually 2) are 
shorter than the scarious spathe, which is two inches long or 
less. The flowers, aside from the size and coloring, are dis- 
tinguished by the short oblanceolate inner segments. The 
capsule is oblong and obtuse, rather thinly membranous and 
obtusely 3-lobed laterally, and distinctly marked by trans- 
verse veins. The seeds are scarcely more than half as large 
as those of /. versicolor and are more oblong. The rigid 
coriaceous capsules of /. versécolor are usually longer, rather 
acutely triangular, and with the obscure veins longitudinal, 
while in /. Jr?smatica the capsules are strongly triquetrous 
and cross-veined. 
I. tripetala is a taller and more leafy, slender and narrow- 
leaved species, with firmer herbaceous bracts enclosing the 
short pedicels. The capsules are coriaceous, broadly oblong, 
with a stout beak, and veinless. The seeds (not quite ma- 
ture) are large and thick. ‘ 
__ Attention having thus been called to this northern species, 
it is hoped that we may soon become better informed respect- 
ing its range through the lower provinces of Canada, and 
the variations to which it may be subject. There 1s also 
another point to which it may be well to advert. Both Her- 
bert, in the Fl. Bor.-Am., and Mr. Baker, in his papers, are 
positive respecting the occurrence of the Californian i. tenax 
in Newfoundland and New Brunswick. It is not in itself 
probable, nor yet is it likely, that either i. FTookeri or f. 
prismatica could be mistaken for it, from both of which it 1s 
usually distinguished by the separation of the bracts which 
orm the spathe. I would like to see a specimen of that 
species from the Atlantic coast. In conclusion I should ex- 
press my obligations to Prof. Oliver and Mr. Hemsley of 
ew for a clue to the personality of Steudel’s ‘* Penny, 
about whom Iwas completely at a loss. 
