Note on Eraser's sedge in Pennsylvania 



' Ralph V. Mostoller 



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^ ^ Carex Fraseri Andrews. Eraser's Sedge. This plant was first 



collected by the writer on July 26, 1934, after being attracted 

 to it by its broad leaves, caespitose habit of growth, and because 

 it was growing deep in the woods. On June 21, 1935 this plant 

 was collected in bloom. This sedge was found in a rich hemlock 

 woods along Clear Run in Stoneycreek Township, Somerset 

 County, about 3 miles northeast of Shanksville. The manuals 

 state that it is a plant of the southern Appalachians, occurring 

 locally in southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, eastern Ten- 

 nessee, and North Carolina. According to records at the Carne- 

 gie Museum of Pittsburgh, this is the first record for the species 

 in Pennsylvania and is evidently a northward range-extension. 

 Specimens of this plant collected by the writer are now in the 

 herbarium of the museum. 

 Stoystown, Pa. 



Lichens on the Pilgrim Fathers 



While on a trip to Cape Cod, to collect Cladoniae, I stopped 

 in Duxbury, to see the little old pine covered cemetery, where 

 John and Priscilla Alden and Captain Myles Standish are 

 buried. On the graves of both of the Aldens are handsome 

 colonies of Xanthoria parietina, also a Lecanora, probably cin- 

 erea, and a Rhizocarpon. On the walls of the enclosure about the 

 grave of Myles Standish, with the boulder and cannon in the 

 centre, are well fruiting colonies of Physcia ciliaris, also Xan- 

 thoria parietina, Lecanora, sp., Rhizocarpon, sp., and Parmelia 

 cons per sa. 



The Cladoniae on Cape Cod are marvellously ample in num- 

 ber and vigorous in condition, with apothecia occurring on 

 species which we usually find sterile in the New York region. 

 Cladonia Boryi is by far the most numerous species, and, in the 

 form reticulata, is usually heavily fruiting, making a pretty 

 plant. But it will take more trips to gather material for a com- 

 plete account of the Cladoniae of the Cape, as a part of a work • 

 on the Cladoniae of the Atlantic Coast, from North Carolina 

 to Cape Cod, which I am now planning. 



Raymond H. Torrey 



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