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Cab. Rep’t 20: 409. 1867. This specimen is in the 
State Herbarium. Round (Trout?) Lake, above Bol- 
ton, west of Lake George in white sand (L. Lesquereux). 
Engelmann, “The Genus Isoetes in North America,” 
Trans. St. Louis Acad. 4: 379. 1882. One plant from 
rather deep water, muddy bottom of Crosset Pond, 
W. Fort Ann, Aug. 25, 1897. 
Isoetes echinospora muricata (Durieu) Engelm. has 
been found at “Lake Luzerne, A. A. Eaton.” Gilbert, 
“The Fern Flora of New York,” Fern Bull. 11: 103. 
Oct. 1903. 
IsonvEs ENGELMANNI A. Br. 
Found in a setback of the Battenkill River at Batten- 
ville, between Greenwich and Shushan, Aug. 2, 1912, 
(Dobbin). Very abundant: and muskrats were fond 
of the bulbous bases. 
This interesting genus is often overlooked, and it 
requires considerable experience before quillworts can 
be distinguished from other grass-like water plants 
with which they grow. | 
Hupson Faias, N.Y. 
Notes and News 
OPHIoGLossum VuLGATUM—ONCE Mors! The Ophio- 
glossum seems to excite so much interest that I may 
perhaps be pardoned for offering my experience with 
that interesting little plant. The only time I have 
found it was ten years ago near the summit of Mt. 
Wismer on the boundary between Monroe and Pike 
Counties, Pa., at an elevation of about 1800 feet. ‘There 
Were about half a dozen or more plants growing where 
the soil could not have been more than six or eight inches 
thick on top of the bed rock. Needless to say the 
location was exceedingly dry. I took up four plants 
