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or two to ten feet wide and one 200 feet across. They are from 

 30 to 150 feet deep, with smaller fissures going to unknown 

 depths. They are on the westerly slope of the mountain between 

 Ellenville and Pine Bush, the same mountain that Sam's Point 

 is on. 



"We found a rare species of the Hydnum fungus, new to me, 

 and so far unidentified. The mountain flora included as a prom- 

 inent element Solidago graminifolia, 'Mountain Tea' the na- 

 tives call it. There were two species of holly, Ilex opaca and 

 Ilex vomitoria. Among the many lichens noted at the Ice Caves 

 was an abundance of Evernia furfuracea, not a common species, 

 and a few specimens of Mycohlastus sanguinarius , also rather 

 infrequent. 



Trip of August 29 to Washington 

 Valley and Watchung, N. J. 



Thirteen members and 10 guests were present on this all-day 

 excursion. Trips to this same locality under the same leadership 

 in previous years had been in spring; this year's trip was the 

 first one to this marvellously rich locality to study the summer 

 aspect of the vegetation. Portions of the First Watchung (alt. 

 515 feet at this point) and of the second Watchung Mountain 

 (alt. 552 feet at this point) were climbed, sometimes along old 

 wood roads and at other times through the overgrown fields and 

 tangled woods themselves. Among the interesting phanerograms 

 observed were Hypopitys lanuginosa, Corallorhiza maculata, C. 

 odontorhiza, Ilex verticillata var. padifolia, Chimaphila maculata, 

 Vitis aestivalis, V. cordifolia, Gerardia purpurea, G. paupercula, 

 Helianthus strumosus, Lappula virginiana, Lycopus americanus, 

 Menispermum canadense. Aster schreberi, Monotropa uniflora, 

 Mitchella repens, and Liatris spicata. In the shale and sandstone 

 valley between these two Triassic basaltic ridges (alt. of valley 

 about 304 ft.) were collected Cathartolinum medium, Polygala 

 verticillata, Paspalum laeve, Sarothra gentianoides , Cynthia 

 virginica, Veronicastrum virginicum, Doellingeria umbellata, and 

 Helenium lattfolium in great abundance, as well as the inter- 

 esting naturalized exotics Salix purpurea, Elaeagnus umbellata, 

 Berberis thunbergii, Pinus sylvestris, Hemerocallis fulva var. 

 kuanso, Perilla frutescens var. crispa, and Coreopsis grandiflora 

 var. pilosa. Indian-grass (Sorghastrum nutans) was at its prime, 



