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patuh, var. hastata, Cakile edentula and Solidago sempervirens, 

 while on the open brackish meadows were found Distichlis spi- 

 cata, Setaria geniculata, Carex hormathodes , Cyperus ferax, C. 

 fiUcinus, Juncus Gerardi, Baccharis halimifoUa and Iva frutes- 

 cens. 



Nearly all of these species, until a few years ago, were re- 

 garded as absent from or very rare in the Delaware drainage 

 north of Cape May County. Recent study, however, has demon- 

 strated that at favorable localities they may be found far up 

 the Delaware River to the northern limits of Salem County. 



John M. Fogg, Jr. 



The Club's 1937 Trip to Quebec 



Fifteen members and guests of the Torrey Botanical Club 

 took part in its two weeks trip into northern Maine, the Shick- 

 shock Mountains of Gaspe, Quebec and the Laurentides Na- 

 tional Forest north of the St. Lawrence River, from July 2 to 

 18, 1937. Our guides said it was the largest party that had ever 

 entered the mountains, and it was undoubtedly the largest 

 botanical group in the region since the Harvard expeditions 

 under Professors Fernald and Collins several years before. 



The party travelled in six automobiles, starting from scat- 

 tered points in New York, New Jersey, Maine and Pennsyl- 

 vania, and assembling Saturday evening, July 3, at Stratton, 

 Me. On Sunday, July 4, we drove around via Dead River Valley, 

 and climbed along the Appalachian Trail to the eastern summit 

 of Mount Bigelow, at 4070 feet. The views of this group of 

 mountains in Western Maine were splendid. The area above 

 timber sustained a number of alpine plants, including Arenaria 

 groenlandica, Potentilla tridentata, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium 

 uliginosum, and V. Vitis-Idaea. The lemon yellow crustose lichen, 

 Rhizocarpon geographicum, covered the summit ledges. Cetr arias 

 were numerous, including islandica, cucullata, nivalis and acule- 

 ata. The writer found many robust Clandoniae, including the 

 largest specimens of C. elongata he had ever seen. 



On the following day the party proceeded to Greenville on 

 Moosehead Lake, and followed a rough but interesting route via 

 Ripogenus Dam on the West Branch of the Penobscot River, 

 and between Mount Katahdin and Doubletop Mountain, past 

 Baxter State Park, to Millinocket, spending that night at Houl- 



