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specimen, persisting in spite of the adverse conditions. The 

 Aletris, consisting of about fifteen plants, has persisted in spite of 

 the conditions. 



Schizea pusilla at the Egg Harbor station, so graphically de- 

 scribed in Witmer Stone's "The Plants of the New Jersey Pine 

 Barrens," was still numerous about lo years ago when visited by 

 a delegation of the American Fern Society under my leadership. 

 It has now so far disappeared that only one plant was noted on a 

 recent visit, no doubt due to its accessibility. 



Gentiana Andrewsii, a clump has furnished material for porch 

 decoration for at least twenty years and was more vigorous this 

 year than ever. Being a perennial it is not subject to such wide 

 variation as G. crinifa, this being one of the years when that 

 species is extremely abundant. 



Pogonia verticillata, which was previously found in dry situ- 

 ations, was shown growing in a white cedar swamp in New 

 Jersey alongside of Helonias bullata^ Schizea and Blephariglottis. 



Aristolochia serpentaria, 85 plants growing with Poly gala 

 polygama in a space of 3 yards square. 



Amianthium jnuscitoxicum, growing in a swamp at Clementon, 

 N. J. and on dry hills in Pennsylvania. 



Cypripedium pubescens, a clump with 30 blooms growing in a 

 bog which is the condition always noted for this variety. 



Hydrastis Canadensis, while collecting the berries in previous 

 years I had noted that ants carried mud up to the berries where 

 they lay on the leaves and buried them for, I suppose, future 

 eating. This year I noted a large number of the common daddy- 

 long-legs feeding on the berries. 



Germantown, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



TWO NEW SPECIES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST 



VIRGINIA 



P. A. Rydberg 



While botanizing last summer in the higher i\lleghany Moun- 

 tains I found a few undescribed species. Two of these were col- 

 lected in West Virginia. For several days we were camped at 

 Simmons' farm near Dry Run Gap, half way between Crab- 



