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simple : leaves mainly basal ; blades spatulate or oblong-spatu- 

 late, 5-20 cm. long, tapering into broad petioles ; stem-leaves 

 usually oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, few : racemes spike- 

 like ; staminate usually continuous, 5-20 cm. long, the tip nodding ; 

 pistillate stiff, interrupted, longer than the staminate ; pedicels 

 1—5 mm. long : perianth (staminate) white ; sepals and petals 

 narrowly linear : capsules ovoid-oblong or oblong, 7—10 mm. long. 



In open woods, Massachusetts to Ontario, Michigan, Florida 



and Arkansas. Spring and summer. I cite the following fruiting 



specimens : 



North Carolina : Roan Mountain, September 9, 1885, Dr. and Mrs. Britton. 

 Tennessee: Jackson, May, 1893, Mr. S. M. Bain, no. 173. 

 Georgia : Macon, Dr. Boykin. 

 Florida : Apalachicola, Dr. Chapman. 



2. Chamaelirium obovale. Stems 6- 11 dm. tall, leafy at the 

 base and to near the middle, somewhat zigzag : leaves various ; 

 basal with spatulate blades; cauline shorter, 4—15 cm. long, ob- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate or linear, acute or acuminate, erect or 

 ascending : flowers manifestly larger than those of C. luteum : 

 capsules obovoid or oblong-obovoid, 12—14 mm. long, on stout 

 club-shaped pedicels usually fully as long as the capsules or 

 slightly shorter. 



In open woods, New York to West Virginia, North Carolina 



and Alabama. Spring. I cite the following fruiting specimens : 



New York : Apalachin, Mr. F. E. Eeririo, no. 396. 

 New Jersey : Sneden's Landing, on the Palisades, 1862, Dr. Torrey. 

 West Virginia : White Sulphur Springs, August 19, 1890, Dr. Britton (type); 

 Aurora, August and September, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Steele. 



Alabama: Auburn, August n, 1897, Messrs. Earle &= Baker. 



Chamaelirium. obovale seems to be rather characteristically an 

 Alleghanian species and, as far as we know, approaches the sea 

 coast only near New York City. On the other hand C. luteum 

 *s most common in the middle and low country of the southern 

 states. 



SHORTER NOTES 



The Storing of Seeds by Squirrels. — At Chilson Lake, 

 Essex county, N. Y., on June 15th, I collected a mass of white 

 pine seedlings from a hollow at the base of a pine tree, which 

 convinced me that a "chipmunk" had stored them there for 



