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mostly hemlock, maple, oak and beech, meeting white pine on 

 the upper part of the slope. Other interesting plants of the lo- 

 cality are Aphyllon tiniflorum T. & G., Conopholis Americana 

 (Iv. f.) Wallr, Epiphegus Virg iniaiia ^^ri., Monotropa uniflora 

 h., M. Hypopitys L. 



*5.' A small clump or rather tuft of these plants was found in 

 Laconia near Doe Mountain, Aug. 30, 1897. The station has 

 been visited almost every year since, but although careful search 

 has been made there and in the vicinity, not a single plant has 

 been found ; another illustration of the evanescent habit of some 

 of the rarer orchids. 



