163.] Briefer Articles. 189 
7. Goeppert found® the mosses, Dicranum purpureum, Bryum caes- 
piticium, Bryum argenteum, Funaria hygrometrica, and further, Poa 
annua, Agrostis vulgaris, Hypochaeris radicata, and Polygonum avicu- 
lare in a place where they were in contact with steam or vapor of 
oon while he found, three inches under the surface, a temperature 
Ul 
On the well-known phenomenon of certain algae being found in hot 
springs, ! could bring a good deal together here, but it is known that 
ohn thany years ago took this question up. For the other facts, I 
am able to give no explanation, when I consider the much written on 
growth and other life. phenomena.—J. 
tanic Garden, 
Habenaria fimbriata, var, 
—During a collecting tour 
with Mr. H. E. Sargent, in 
the summer of 1892, ‘a large 
quantity of the type form of 
this orchid was found August 
2nd, in full bloom, in moist 
woods a few miles east of 
Lynn, N. H. This species is 
much less common than the 
nearly related species, /7. psy- 
chodes, ‘The latter at the 
above date had barely begun 
to bloom, while A. fimbriata 
HABENARIA FIMBRIATA, 
T, normal form; 2, variety 
White, In si 
xcept that the 
‘ form, fi . oS ah 
‘and petals are tie §. 2, the variety. In the variety the 
90 oF three ite tire and alike in form and size, except as in 
Oat te 8s One of the spikes there is a slight suggestion 
ng and prominent spur, in the type moreover, 
fttirely want; 
J Wanting, the Ovary is considerably longer and more 
"| q ' 's Are fe - 
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