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L. Loeselii (L.) MacM. Common. Oneida, Madison Co., Maxon, 

 House. Kirkville, Onondaga Co., Underwood. Reported by 

 Paine from Oneida Lake and from Herkimer County. 



Calypso Salisb. 

 C. bulbosa (L.) Oakes. Mud Lake, Herkimer Co., E. Hunt. 



Aplectrum Nutt. 



A. spicatum (Walt.) B.S.P. Rare. Jamesville, Onondaga Co., 

 Underzvood. Reported from several places in Oneida County 

 by Paine. 



Aplectrum spicatum pallidum var. nov. Similar to the type, 

 but the flowers lemon-yellow or greenish-yellow, without the 

 usual purplish spots. Type in the herbarium of Columbia 

 University, collected by Professor Underwood at Jamesville, 

 Onondaga County, 1890. 



CORALLORHIZA R. Br. 



C. Corallorliiza (L.) Karst. Common. Baldvvinsville, Beau- 

 champ ; and Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Underwood. Reported 

 from Oneida and Herkimer counties by Paine. 



C. odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt. Not rare. Syracuse, Onondaga 

 Co., Underwood. Reported from Oneida County by Paine. 



C. multiflora Nutt. Common. Oneida, Madison Co., House. 



Pompey and Syracuse, Onondaga Co., Underwood. 



Department of Botany, Columbia University, 

 April 1, 1903. 



VAGARIES OF HEPATICA* 



By F. A. Ross 



/With Figures 1-45. ) 



No better inducement to companionship with plants could 

 be desired than the discovery of a group of plants which seem 

 to be at play. The mutation theory of de Vries gives new prom- 



* Abstract of a paper read at the eighth winter meeting of the Vermont Botanical 

 Club, January 17, 1903. 



