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at an altitude of 1,300 feet a large colony of Cypripedium parvi- 

 florum var. puhescens (Willd.) Knight was discovered. A rough 

 estimate would place their number at sixty and in the course 

 of scouting the area the surrounding deciduous woods were 

 found to contain numerous scattered plants of Cypripedium 

 acaule Ait. These stations are' entirely new and are not the 

 ones referred to in Torreya 13: 126. The inaccessibility of 

 the location nodoubt accounts for their uninterrupted propa- 

 gation. 



Descending by way of the ravine through which runs Cedar 

 brook a search was made for a colony of Trientalis americana 

 (Pers.) Pursh which had been noted some years before. It was 

 found growing in profusion, stretching up and down the brook 

 on either side for a considerable distance. Polygala paucifolia 

 Willd. was also present in great numbers, and was somewhat of 

 a surprise as it has never been known on this side of Bash-Bish 

 brook. 



Dr. B. O. Dodge, of Columbia University, who was present on 

 this occasion, reports having collected numerous interesting 

 specimens of fungi. 



The following day was spent in the swamps to the west of 

 the railroad. ' Iris versicolor L. was in full bloom and fairly 

 covered the semi-dry portions, and the remains of Menyanthes 

 trifoliata L., long gone to seed, were visible everywhere. Large, 

 beautiful specimens of Lupinus perennis L. grew along the rail- 

 road and a dry ridge, near by, was literally yellow with dwarfed 

 specimens of Krigia virginica (L.) Willd., the tallest measuring 

 only 3 cm. in height. 



The final visit for the year commenced on August 19 and 

 continued until September 7. This is undoubtedly the most 

 interesting season of the year at this place and furnishes the 

 greatest number of plants to the botanical student. 



The accompanying photograph of Gentiana quingiiefolia L., 

 was taken September 5 while exploring the wooded slopes of 

 Cedar mountain and attracted the writer's attention on account 

 of its unusual leaf arrangement. It will be noticed that they 

 are borne in whorls of three throughout the plant. There is no 



