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would doubtless revccd a still larger number of species common 

 to the two localities. 



It would not be at all surprising \^ Arabis Gcorc^iana should 

 turn out to be more common in the hill country than in the 

 coastal plain, for the genus Arabis (and in fact the whole family 

 of Cruciferae) is mainly a northern one, and at the t}'pe-locality 

 the species under consideration is associated with many species 

 which do not range much farther south. 



Roland M. Harper. 



Gkoi.ogicai- Survey of Gkorgia. 



Notes on Epigea repens L. — The lovely arbutus, as it is 

 called in this region, is usually much sought after in the early 

 spring when in flower. Even here, near our larger towns, it may 

 disappear within a few years, if the wholesale collecting goes on. 



It is a well-known fact that many of our spring flowers may 

 be found in flower in the autumn, particularly many of our vio- 

 lets. The finding o{ Epigea repens in flower, October 14, 1895, 

 was indeed a surprise ; and to others, to whom I have mentioned 

 the fact. I became so much interested in this patch of plants, 

 which grows under a white pine tree, in gravelly soil by a wagon 

 road, that I have made observations yearly when possible or 

 have had others do so. The plants in this patch never flower 

 in the spring ! Near by are patches which are spring-flowering. 

 The later dates of finding the arbutus in flower are : Novem- 

 ber 17, 1896; October 16, 1898 ; November 11, 1899; Novem- 

 ber I and December 3, 1900, September 24, 1903. The flowers 

 are as well developed as any to be found in April, often tinged 

 with pink and as deliciously fragrant. 



Later in October, 1895, while climbing the Putnam Mountain 

 range, south of Lake George, I found other patches of arbutus 

 in flower ; but these hardly could have been located again, if I 

 should have desired to make observations. Hundreds of patches 

 in other parts of our area have been searched over in vain ; al- 

 though well-developed flower buds are almost always present in 

 the autumn. Why has this particular patch of plants taken to 

 flowering in the autumn, rather than spring ? 



Vaughns, Nkw York. S. H. Buknham. 



