Mr. Torre\- said that in llu- distriljiition of these liiyihlaiid 

 plants he had noticed main inconsistencies which arc difficult 

 to explain. Sihixildiopsis tridoiidta, common in northern New 

 England, and found on the summits of the Taconics, may be 

 found on Mt. Beacon, opposite Newburgh, but does not occur 

 in the Highlands west of the Hudson nor on Schunemunk 

 Mountain, regions which are higher than Mt. Beacon. The 

 frequent fires in the territor\ west of the Hudson may account 

 for this. This plant occurs also at High Point in the Kittatinny 

 Mountains, New Jersey, on sandstone, but is not found else- 

 where in the Kittatinn\- Range, although it might be expected 

 there. It occurs on high summits in PennsyKania, Virginia, 

 and West Virginia, and was found by the speaker on Mt. Pisgah, 

 North Carolina. 



Arenaria groenlandica, the Mountain Sandwort, occurs at 

 Mt. Everett, Massachusetts, Mt. Mansfield, Vermont, and 

 elsewhere in New England — also on the Shaw^angunk Mountains 

 in New^ York, but is not reported in the Highlands of the 

 Hudson. 



The southern limit of the Red Spruce, (Picea nibens) for 

 the immediate vicinity runs along the New York-New Jersey 

 boundary- from the Tappan Sea. Local names seem to indicate 

 that it used to grow southward of this, e.g., "Spruce Run," 

 in Morris County, N. J. In Orange County, N. Y., near Green- 

 w^ood Lake, there are two or three stands about Cedar Pond, 

 east of the Lake; also it occurs west of the Lake at an elevation 

 of 1200-1400 ft. It is also found at High Point, but not a single 

 one occurs at present in Hudson or Bergen counties, although 

 they are included in the range given in Mr. Taylor's "Flora of 

 the X'icinity of New York." It has now become extinct in these 

 counties, perhaps as a result of suburban extension and the 

 cutting off of timber. 



Linnaea horealis occurs at Green Pond, Warren Countv, 

 N.J. 



Two colonies of Clintonia horealis are found in Harriman 

 Park; one at Cohasset Lakes at an elevation of 1000-1100. ft. 

 or over, and the other at the north end of Lake Sebago, five 

 miles north of Sloatsburg. There is a station also at Green 

 Pond, Warren County, N. J. Streptopus roseiis occurs in 

 Harriman Park in Surebridge Swamp east of Arden on Wawa- 

 yanda Mountain, west of Greenwood Lake. 



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