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very slightly wavy-margined, 7-8 dm. long, 3-4 dm. wide, cleft 

 to about one third their length from the apex, the midvein rather 

 prominent, the lateral veins about 14 on each side, the lobes 

 ovate, acuminate : peduncle stout, 6-8 cm. long, erect, bearing 



3 or 4 bracts : spadix 7-9 cm. long, 3-4 cm. in diameter, cylin- 

 dric, but a little narrower toward the summit than below, blunt ; 

 fruiting perigonium 4-angled, rather more than 1 cm. wide, with 



4 ridges opposite the angles raised above the 4 separate pitted 

 pistils. 



In a forest ravine, Molyneaux Estate, St. Kitts, B. W. L. 



(Britton and Co well, Sept. 13, 1901, no. 326). 



SHORTER NOTES 



Plants new to Vermont found in Burlington and Vicin- 

 ity. * — The following species have been found or recognized 

 since the publication of the "Flora of Vermont" in 1900 : 



Corallorliiza striata Lindl. Found some fifty years ago by 

 President Torrey probably in Burlington, but supposed to be C. 

 multiflora Nutt. until determined by M. L. Fernald in 1902. 



Oxycoccus Oxycoccus (L.) MacM., var. intermedia Fernald. 

 Found by Oakes in Colchester, probably at Ft. Ethan Allen 

 Pond, a good many years ago. See Rhodora, 4: 231. 



Lolium temulentum L. Found by Professor L. R. Jones on the 

 University of Vermont campus but not determined as L. temu- 

 lentum till 1 901. Found also by Rev. Levi Wild at Essex 

 Junction. 



Pliysalis Peruviana L. 



Rumex salicifolius Weinm. One plant found at Ft. Ethan 

 Allen, 1899. 



Ranunculus scelcratus L. A few plants were found in Col- 

 chester in 1 901. In 1902 it was found in abundance in lumber 

 yards in Burlington. 



Galium horcale L. A good sized colony in edge of woods 

 back of the University. 



The following five species were collected in 1902 : 



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

 Club, January 17, 1903. 



