PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Juniperus nana WUld. 

 J. cojninunis L. (in part) 



Low JUNIPER 



In a pasture near Mountain View house. This is its only known 

 station in North Elba and but a single representative of the species was 

 found there. The alpine variety," J. comnmnis var. alpina Gaud, of the 

 Manual, however, occurs on the top of Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright 

 where it seeks the shelter of rocks and scarcely rises above the mosses 

 and lichens among which it grows. It is nearly prostrate in its mode of 

 growth and its leaves are shorter than in the common form. It was not 

 found in fertile condition. 



Taxus minor (J/Jv.) Brittoji 



T. Canadensis Willd. 



Ground hemlock. American yew 



Woods and shaded places. Along the Ausable river and the old 

 Keene road. May and June. Its ripe fruit is red and drupe-like with a 

 cavity in the apex in which the tip of the hard bony seed may be seen. 



ORCHIDACEAE 



Peramium tessellatum {Lodd.) 



Goodyera Menziesii Lindl. (in part} 



Tessellated rattlesnake plantain 



Woods, Occasional. August. M. L. Fernald has recently indicated 

 in Rhodora the distinctive characters which separate this species from 

 G. Menziesii Lindl. with which it has sometimes been confused. 



Peramium repens {L.) Salisb. 



Goodyera repens R. Br. 



Smaller rattlesnake plantain 



Woods. Occasional. July and August. This plant is easily recog- 

 nized by its secund flower spikes and by the peculiar white reticulations 

 of the leaves. This form has recently been separated by M. L. Fernald 

 as a variety to which he gives the name ophioides, in allusion to the 

 marking of the leaves, the typical form lacking the white reticulations. 



