Golutea arborescens in Rhode Island 



W. H. Camp 



Colutca arborescens L., a shrubby member of the Leguminosae 

 with showy yellow flowers marked with red and inflated pods, and 

 native in the Mediterranean region, has recently been reported 

 growing in beach sand at Fields Point, Rhode Island, by Mr. Robert 

 Marks. The shrub has been established for some years and, although 

 battered, survived the recent hurricane. It is likely that this material 

 has not escaped from cultivation here, but has been introduced in 

 ballast or ship waste for, according to Mr. Marks, a ship-line plying 

 between the Mediterranean and this country often tied up at Fields 

 Point. 



The species was recognized by Mr. E. J. Alexander from Mr. 

 Marks' field notes and drawings. 



New York Botanical Garden. 



Viola conspersa in Louisiana 



Lauretta E. Fox 



Viola conspersa, Reichenb., the American dog violet, was found 

 growing in ravines at Brezeale Springs, Grande Ecore and Sang- 

 pour-Sang, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. This violet was in 

 bloom April 5, 1941. Upon investigation this species will probably 

 be found growing on all the geologically older soils of the northern 

 part of the state. In the same habitat grow many species which 

 were formerly considered to have a more northern range, as Cypri- 

 pedium piihescens Willd., Polygonatum biflormn Ell., Uviilaria 

 perfoliafa L., Woodsia obtusa Torr., Viburnum densiflorum Chapm., 

 Viburnum prunijolium L. and Erythronium americanum Ker. 

 These plants are able to live in the ravines where the temperature 

 until late in the spring remains much below that of the drier ridges 

 and slopes of the bluffs and hills. 



Department of Biology, 



Louisiana State Normal College, 

 Natchitoches, Louisiana. 



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