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Arenaria Michmixii (Fcnzl.) Hook. f. is very common on 

 limestone ledges. 



Mitclla Hilda L. was first reported from this state in 1903.* 

 It is abundant in several wooded swamps. 



Lcpidiinn sativum L. was found in a chicken yard and probably 

 was introduced in grain. 



Reseda liitea L. is frequent in fields and waste places. 



Gentiana qidnqiiefolia L. Though this cannot be termed a 

 rarity, the extraordinary numbers of plants found growing in and 

 about Salisbury, seem to entitle it to special mention. Except 

 two stations it seems to be confined to Litchfield County, and 

 so far as the writer has observed is nowhere else so abundant. 



Hoiistonia longifolia Gaertn. Only one plant was found in a 

 dry field, diligent search failing to reveal others. 



Lobelia Kaliiiii L. is another plant generally rare in other parts 

 of the state, which here is very common in damp places, whole 

 pastures sometimes being blue with it. 



Pctasites paluiata (Ait.) A. Gray has not before been reported 

 south of Massachusetts. It was frequently met with in a cold, 

 wooded swamp, but no flowers were found. 



Among the less noteworthy plants collected are the following : 



Cinna latifolia (Trev.) Griseb. Avcna striata Michx. Atlicr- 

 opogon curtipeftdidits (Michx.) Fourn. Poa debilis Torr. Poa 

 alsodes A. Gray. Paniadaria acutiflora (Torr.) Kuntze. Strep- 

 topiis auiplexifolius (L.) DC. Betida piunila L. Sibbaldiopsis 

 tridejitata (So\a.nd.) Rydb. Comariim palustre'L,. Oxalis Aceto- 

 sclla L. Rhainnus alnifolia L'Her. Monescs iniifioia (L.) A. 

 Gray. BlcpliUia ciliata (L.) Raf Utricular ia minor L. U. 

 zibba L. U. corniita Michx. Hicracium Marianiim W'illd. 



Credit is due to Mrs. O. A. Phelps for the discovery of many 

 of the above-listed specimens. 



Most of the plants mentioned are to be found in the herbarium 

 of Grasslands, belonging to Robert and Herbert Scoville, Salis- 

 bury (P. O. Chapinville), Connecticut. 



Amhf.rst, Massachusetts. 



* Phelps, O. A. •' An Hour in a Connecticut Swamp," Rhodora, 5 : 196. 



