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Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. (5. medium Liinpr.), deter- 

 mined by Dr. A. LeRoy Andrews. 



Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP.; Carex tribuloides Wahl.; Carex 

 trisperma Dewey; Eriophorum gracile Koch; and Andromeda 

 PoUfolia L., a few plants. 



The poison sumac is too abundant in the swamp on the east 

 side of the road to explore extensively, but the following plants 

 were found : Cercospora Symplocarpi Pk. on leaves of Spathyema. 



Amhlystegium filicinum (L.) DeNot.; and Hypnum imponens 

 Hedw. on logs. 



Dryopteris Clintoniana (D. C. Eaton) Dowell. 



Agrostis Schweinitzii Trin.; Bromus ciliatus L.; Hystrix Hys- 

 trix (L.) Millsp.; Carex disperma Dewey (C. tenella Schkr.) ; 

 Carex granularis Muhl.; Carex scahrata Schwein.; Uvularia 

 grandiflora J. E. Sm.; Uvularia sessilifolia L. ; Sassafras Sassa- 

 fras (h.) Karst.; Hama^nelis virginianah.; Acer pennsylvanicum 

 L.; Sanicula gregaria Bicknell; Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf.; 

 Asclepias exaltata (L.) Muhl. and Aster nohilis Burgess. 



October 23, 1909. Afternoon at the Helderbergs. Autumn 

 colors, the leaves only partly fallen. Climbed the eastern stream 

 bed in the west amphitheater and then followed the Bear path 

 around the base of the cliffs to the Tory House. The upper 

 portion of the stream bed filled with huge boulders, carpeted with 

 mosses and ferns. Along the dry bed of the stream found 

 Asplenium pycnocarpon Spreng. {A. angustifolitim Mx.) and 

 Dryopteris Goldieana (Hook.) A. Gray. Gray squirrels, chicka- 

 dees, blue jays and other birds. A fairly good-sized paper 

 hornet's nest, and on the train was asked by several if I was sure 

 the hornets were out? The fruit of witch hazel, for several days 

 after bringing indoors, would shoot dark shiny seeds for seven 

 or eight feet. 



The following plants seen or collected : Daedalea quercina (L.) 

 Fr. on oak stumps; Fames pinicola (Sw.) Cke. on birch (!); 

 Lactarius cicilioides (Fr.) Fr. ; Meridius tremellosus Schrad. on 

 logs; Myxosporium nitidum B. & C. on old branches of Cornus 

 rugosa; Pleurotus sidfureoides (Pk.) Sacc. on old hemlock logs; 

 Polyporus fumosus (Pers.) Fr. on elm logs; and Trogia crispa 

 (Pars.) Fr. on birch. 



