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The following plants were seen or collected : Biatorellu simplex 

 (Dav.) Br. & Rost. {Lecanora privigna (Ach.) Nyl.) on loose cal- 

 careous stones on East Cliff, determined by Dr. Fink, deposited 

 in the State Herbarium as new to the State; and the rare lichen, 

 Solorina saccata (L.) Ach. along the path at the foot of the ladder 

 in Craig Court and along the short-cut trail. 



Spring is exen backward here but the ferns were starting. 



ErytJiro7iiuni americanum Ker. ; Hepatica acutiloba DC. very 

 abundant in woods at base of East Cliff; Thalictrum dioicum L. 

 Sanguinaria canade^isis L.; A melanchier canadensis (L.) Medic. 

 Epigaea repens L. grows in an open pasture back from the cliffs 

 and Pediculuris canadensis L. with the young foliage purplish. 



July ij, iQoy. We left the city at 2.15, which gave us only 

 time to go to the East Cliff' and return by the fields north of 

 Fallen Rocks. Hermit thrushes in the hemlock woods. Part 

 of the climb was up an old slide from the cliffs, and the purple 

 cliff-brake, Pellaea atropurpiirea (L.) Link, was found quite abun- 

 dantly, but often out of reach, on the face of the cliffs. 



The following plants were collected or seen: Poria vaporaria 

 (Pers.) Fr. on under side of poplar logs. 



Pannaria nigra (Ach.) Xyl. on loose stones, determined by 

 Dr. Fink. 



Dicranum flagellare Hedw. in dense cushions on loose rocky 

 soil; and Hypnum curvifolium Hedw. .on a rock. 



Galeorchis spectahilis (L.) R^-db.; Limnorchis huronensis 

 (Nutt.) Rydb., one plant; Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl.; 

 Atragene americana Sims, not very rare; Menispermum canadense 

 L. on fences and Vicia angiistifolia L., grain fields in the valley; 

 Acer spicatum Lam.; Viola renifolia A. Gray; Washingtonia 

 longistylis (Torr.) Britton, somewhat pubescent, the fruit tastes 

 like anise, found along hedgerows in the valley; Pyrola secnnda 

 L.; Cynoglossum boreale Fernald, two fruiting plants at top of 

 the cliff; Lonicera dioica L., a form with leaves not connate; 

 and Lonicera hirsuta Eaton. 



(To be continued) 



