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S. viacrophylla Pursh, but its flower heads are cjuite as large and beautiful. 

 Its leaves are narrower and it does not descend below the tree limit. The 

 mountain goldenrod is less particular in its habitat and descends even to 

 the valleys of North Elba. It is specially abundant in the half open and 

 half shaded places among the small balsam fir trees that grow near the 

 tops of the highest mountains and cover the summits of those which do 

 not reach above the tree limit. In such i)laces the ground is usually 

 moist and often covered with mosses. Probably there is no Adirondack 

 peak having an altitude of 3500 ft or more on which this goldenrod does 

 not grow. 



Nabalus Boottii DC. 

 In Neiv York state flora this species is credited to Mt Whiteface and 

 N. nanus DC, to Mt Marcy. Till the present year Mt Whiteface has 

 been the only known station in our state for Boott's rattlesnake root, and 

 it seemed a little strange that it should be on one mountain and not on 

 the other. In August I visited Mt Marcy and was delighted to find it 

 growing there in a secluded place sheltered on one side by a high out- 

 cropping rock and on the other by a dense growth of small balsam fir 

 trees. The plants were thrifty and in flower. 



Vaccinium caespitosum Mx. 



The tufted bilberry is a rare species with us. The station on Mt Marcy 

 and one on Mt Whiteface are the only localities where I have sten it. 

 On Mt Marcy it was seen in several places the past season, but in every 

 instance without fruit. Several years ago, however, fertile specimens 

 were found there. In Illustrated flora, V. Vitis-Idaea L. is credited to 

 the Adirondacks, but I have not yet found it. The low blueberry and 

 its narrow leaved variety, V. Pennsylva7iiciirn afigustifolium Gray, both 

 occur here. The bog bilberry, V. uliginosuni L.,is very abundant and 

 somewhat variable. It has a narrow leaved form and a form with slender 

 stem, in which the leaves appear to be half withered and the plant as if 

 about to die. Possibly this may be a diseased condition of the plant. 



Oxycoccus Oxycoccus (Z.) Mac M. 

 The small cranberry is found in both the marsh spots previously 



described. 



Kalmia glauca Ait. 



The swamp laurel is not rare in the Adirondacks. It occurs in many 



of the marshes and on the marshy shores of lakes. On the summit of 



Mt Mclntyre it is associated with its near relative the sheep laurel, 



Kalmia angustifolia L., but this species is strangely absent from tlie top 



of Mt Marcy. 



