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Pinus rigida Mill., on East Cliff; A plectrum hyemale (Muhl.) 

 Torr. in leaf, woods between Mine Lot and East Cliff, a few 

 plants ; Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Mx. ; Bicuculla canadensis 

 (Goldie) Millsp. more abundant than Biciiciilla Cucullaria (L.) 

 Millsp., the leaves of the squirrel corn are darker, deeper green 

 and more whitened beneath; Dentaria maxima Nutt., abundant 

 in the west amphitheater; Glecoma hederacea L., high up the 

 ravine on rocks, the stream from Hailes' Cavern, appearing as 

 if native. 



The following plants from the woods down the railroad tracks. 

 Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr. on beech; Polyporus Schweinitzii 

 Fr. on old coniferous stumps; Puccinia Claytoniata (Schw.) Syd. 

 on leaves of Claytonia caroliniana Mx. ; Sarcoscypha coccinea 

 (Scop.) Sacc. on buried sticks; and Septoria Waldsteiniae Pk. & 

 Clint, on leaves of Waldsteinia. 



Hylocomium triguetrum (L.) B. & S. in a low place; and 

 Hypnum molluscum Hedw. 



Veratrum viride Ait; Cardamine hidhosa (Schreb.) BSP. in wet 

 places; Rubies triflorus Richards.; Floerkea proserpinacoides 

 Willd., not very rare ; Viola conspersa Reichenb. ; Viola eriocarpa 

 Schwein. and Panax trifolium L. 



April 29, 191 1. The afternoon at Meadowdale, down the 

 railroad track towards Altamont to several pieces of woods. 

 The country and woods very dry, but vegetation growing rapidly. 



Frightened up a partridge, and saw flocks of redwing black- 

 birds; Several large ant hills in the low woods, north side of the 

 track. Visited an old abandoned house, with but few windows 

 and but one door, at the rear, by a stream in the pasture, under 

 the shadow of the Helderbergs. A woodchuck the only occupant 

 now. Formerly a dam was near the house and the partial re- 

 mains of a sawmill still stands. In the first woods down the 

 track from the station, fallen black ash, Fraxinus nigra L., 

 logs with large burls encompassing the trunks, on which were 

 patches of sharp black points, perhaps of fungus origin. At the 

 wood margin stands an oak, 50 to 60 feet high, and at the base 

 of the trunk is a large cancer-like growth (with bark) three to four 

 feet high and three to four feet or more in diameter — a very 

 curious growth indeed. 



