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may be found on an occasional branch. But it is cer- 
tainly true that. this method of growth is exceptional 
and not the regular thing, as it is in L. complanatum. 
The differences in the number, form, and attitude of the 
branches, in the number of strobiles, and the season of 
maturity, are sufficient to characterize the separate spe- 
cies, but a written comparison gives but a faint notion of 
the striking difference in the appearance of the two 
plants as they grow together. At Willoughby Lake, Vt., 
where both species grow in abundance, with L. trista- 
chyum near by, I found several intermediate forms, also 
considerable variation from the type in both species. 
Jith sufficient study, the group may prove as prolific in | 
matter for discussion as the ternate botrychia. 
The recent discovery of L. complanatum in Hartland, 
Vt., by Mr. H. G. Rugg, indicates that this species may 
be looked for considerably south of its supposed north- 
erly range. 
LasELL SEMINARY, 
AUBURNDALE, Mass. 
WILLIAM EDWIN SAFFORD 
Than longen folk to. gon on pilgrimages, 
And cae for to seken straunge ‘aronden — 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to Canterbury Tales. 
: i Edward Palmer, whose name is ‘known, to botanists > 
of all nations died at on home in Wlewegene Dp C. a 
; April 9, 1 
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