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of Vermont. Another conspicuous fern reported from two 

 rather widely separated districts in northern Cape Breton is the 

 holly fern, Polystichinii Loncliitis (L.) Roth, and no other stations 

 are recorded east of Ontario. A similar statement may be made 

 about many flowering plants, those referred to being Carex ahacta 

 Bailey, BlepJiariglottis BlcpJiariglottis (Willd.) Rydb., Sanguisorba 

 canadensis L., Aster nemoralis Ait., not known from peninsular 

 Nova Scotia, Drosera intermedia Hayne and Solidago niacropliylla 

 Pursh, only so far found there immediately east of the Strait of 

 Canso. 



It was attempted to correlate this with the observations of 

 Canadian geologists to the effect that the region in question had 

 escaped glaciation, the limit of the ice-sheet being not far from 

 Pictou. 



Specimens were shown also of several species not hitherto 

 recorded from the province, among them Tetragonantlius dcflexus 

 (J. E. Smith) Kuntze, Spa rganiii ni JIuctuans {Moroxxg) Robinson, 

 Meiboviia canadensis (L.) Kuntze, Vicia Jiirsuta (L.) Koch, Fal- 

 cata coviosa (L.) Kuntze, ChacnorrJnniun minus (L.) Lange, and 

 Triglochin pahistris L. 



" Account of a Collecting Trip to the Sierra Maestra of Cuba," 

 by Mr. Norman Taylor. 



Before giving an account of the various trips made during the 

 expedition, a description was given of the area visited. This 

 was a tract about forty miles long, having for its southern limit 

 the Caribbean Sea. Its northern boundary is the ridge of the 

 Sierra ]\Iaestra range. At its eastern and lower end this range 

 is about 3,500 feet high, but rises in altitude, and gradually 

 approaches the coast as it goes to the westward, reaching its 

 culminating point near El Turquino, a mountain credited with an 

 elevation of 8,400 feet. There is no gradual descent from the 

 ridge of the Maestra to the sea, but numerous other mountains 

 intervene. This feature, together with the river valleys, makes 

 the country very rugged and precipitous. 



The chief rivers, the Sevilla, Guama, Bayamita and Paladeros, 

 rise in the Maestra itself, while numerous others of uncertain 

 local names rise in the front ranges. All the rivers, at this time 



