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brook than on river meadows. Orchis virescens is a 
frequent neighbor. This is true for the locality of 
Chelmsford and Bedford, Stowe, Vt., and Hardwick, 
Mass. I recall but one find on comparatively dry 
land, on a mowing field near meadow land. 
CHARLES W. JENKS. 
I have found Ophioglossum vulgatum in moist meadows, 
but much oftener in hillside pastures, in which habitat 
it is, of course, much easier to discover. I have in mind 
such a pasture in northern Vermont, which occupies a 
ridge from which the land slopes on one side with a 
pitch of not much less than 45 degrees to the river 150 
feet or more below. The soil is clay over a slaty shale 
ledge, and that it is well adapted to moisture-loving 
plants is shown by the presence of Liparis Loeselii, 
occasional clumps of the Osmundas, and all the New 
England Botrychiums except lanceolata. 
I recently looked through the material in the Her- 
barium of the New England Botanical Club, noting the 
various statements of habitat and the number of sheets on 
which each statement was used with the following re- 
sult—‘‘Damp meadow,” 6; “Low thicket,” 3; ‘Dry 
field,’ 3; ‘“‘Bog,” 2; ‘“‘Dry pasture,” 2; and each of the 
following on one sheet—‘‘Mossy meadow,” ‘Dry 
thicket,” ‘Gravelly swamp,” “Swamp,” ‘ Moist pas- 
ture.”’ Of course, many labels showed no description of 
locality. 
E. J. Winstow. 
My experience is that the plant you refer to will grow 
almost anywhere. It simply is overlooked. I have it 
from sunny meadows and shady wet nooks where it 
grows to a huge size. 
F. G. Fioyp. 
