FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



Trip of April 15 to Branchville, Conn. 



A party of twenty-two visited the region which was new to 

 most of them. Before taking the trail through the woods a short 

 visit was made to the pegmatite quarry where many fine speci- 

 mens are available. Due to the continued cool weather few 

 plants were seen in bloom. Deep blue-purple hepatica blossoms 

 were numerous, half hidden in the thick ground covering of 

 dead leaves. Other plants seen were antennaria, rattlesnake 

 plantain, spotted wintergreen, pyrola, hellebore, skunk cabbage, 

 golden saxifrage, blue violet, partridge berry, dogtooth violet, 

 pipsissewa and wintergreen. We were pleased to find a large 

 stand of Buxbaumia aphylla, a small stand of Bartramia pomi- 

 formis, Hedwigia albicans and Polytrichum piliferum, the latter 

 with its antheridial rosetts. Three lycopodiums were seem along 

 the trail, L. lucidulum, L. obscurum and L. complanatum. We 

 lunched near a swamp and those interested in herpetology did 

 some investigating and found eggs of the wood frog and of the 

 spotted salamander, water newts, spotted salamanders, spring 

 peepers and a leopard frog. 



Eleanor Friend 



Trip of May, 20, 1934, to Bay Terrace, Staten Island 



Eight members and guests of the club braved the heat and 

 the mosquitoes and saw the usual run of spring flowers, includ- 

 ing Tussilago Far jar a still holding forth, and several species of. 

 violets: Viola lanceolata primulifolia, papilionacea,fimibriatula, 

 and pedata var. lineariloba. Eight common ferns were found, as 

 well as Botrychium virginianum and Woodwardia areolata, the 

 latter showing last year's fertile fronds standing up among the 

 new sterile ones. Two Aronias and several ericaceous shrubs 

 were in bloom, and both staminate and pistillate forms of 

 Myrica carolinensis. Orobanche unijlora was blooming in the 

 grass along the street, and Comandra umbellata was plentiful in 

 the woods. We dug up Comandra to see the parasitic attach- 

 ments its roots had formed on those of other plants. Cypripedium 



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