﻿AQUATIC 
  INSECTS 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACKS 
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  Saranac 
  Inn 
  is 
  very 
  near 
  the 
  Champlain- 
  Ontario 
  divide, 
  on 
  a 
  sandy, 
  

   undulating 
  mountain 
  upland 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  almost 
  unbroken 
  forest. 
  

   Round 
  about 
  it 
  are 
  numerous 
  lakes, 
  ponds, 
  bogs 
  and 
  clear, 
  slow 
  flowing 
  

   streams, 
  with 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  a 
  low 
  ridge 
  built 
  on 
  outcropping 
  gneiss, 
  or 
  

   -a 
  sharply 
  rising, 
  densely 
  wooded 
  hill. 
  There 
  is 
  more 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  less 
  

   of 
  rock, 
  more 
  of 
  water 
  area 
  and 
  less 
  of 
  mountain, 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  places 
  in 
  

   the 
  Adirondacksj 
  and 
  the 
  descent 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  gentle. 
  

  

  The 
  forests 
  are 
  composed, 
  as 
  elsewhere, 
  mainly 
  of 
  hemlock 
  and 
  balsam, 
  

   beech, 
  yellow 
  birch 
  and 
  maple, 
  pine 
  and 
  spruce 
  having 
  been 
  mainly 
  

   removed 
  by 
  lumbering, 
  and 
  oaks 
  and 
  our 
  cemmon 
  nut-bearing 
  trees 
  never 
  

   having 
  been 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  woods. 
  In 
  the 
  drier 
  and 
  denser 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  woods, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  Httle 
  undergrowth, 
  the 
  hobblebush, 
  

   Viburnum 
  alni 
  folium 
  Marsh., 
  spreads 
  its 
  broad 
  leaves 
  on 
  strag- 
  

   gling 
  branches 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  scanty 
  sunlight, 
  while 
  Indian 
  pipe, 
  

   Monotropa 
  uni 
  flora 
  Linn., 
  star 
  flower, 
  Trientalis 
  ameri- 
  

   'C 
  a 
  n 
  a 
  Pursh, 
  rattlesnake 
  plantain, 
  Peramium 
  pubescens 
  (Willd.) 
  

   MacM., 
  Indian 
  cucumber 
  root, 
  Medeola 
  virginiana 
  Linn., 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  Clintonia, 
  Clintonia 
  borealis 
  Linn., 
  the 
  dwarf 
  Smilacina, 
  

   Vagnara 
  tri 
  folia 
  (L.) 
  Morong, 
  several 
  pretty 
  species 
  of 
  ground 
  

   pine, 
  Lycopodium, 
  and 
  innumerable 
  mushrooms 
  spring 
  from 
  the 
  

   loose 
  leaf 
  mold. 
  Recently 
  burned 
  tracts 
  are 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  the 
  bracken 
  fern, 
  Pteris 
  aquilina 
  Linn,, 
  the 
  fireweed, 
  

   Chamaenerion 
  angustifolium 
  (Linn.) 
  Scop., 
  poplars 
  and 
  wild 
  

   ^cherry. 
  In 
  wet 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  occur 
  stemless 
  lady's 
  slippers, 
  C 
  y 
  p 
  r 
  i 
  - 
  

   pedium 
  acaule 
  Ait., 
  in 
  the 
  shadows, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  openings 
  grow 
  cin- 
  

   namon 
  fern, 
  Osmunda 
  cinnamomea 
  Linn., 
  and 
  clumps 
  of 
  the 
  

   red 
  elder 
  berry, 
  Sambucus 
  pubens 
  Mx., 
  which 
  in 
  midsummer, 
  

   when 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  scarlet, 
  are 
  strikingly 
  beautiful. 
  In 
  the 
  bogs 
  the 
  trees 
  

   -are 
  balsam 
  and 
  tamarack 
  in 
  nearly 
  clear 
  patches; 
  the 
  shrubs 
  are 
  mainly 
  

   Labrador 
  tea, 
  Ledum 
  groenlandicum 
  Oeder, 
  small 
  cranberry^ 
  

   Oxycoccus 
  oxycoccus 
  (Linn.) 
  MacM., 
  lambkill, 
  Kalmia 
  

   angustifolia 
  Linn, 
  and 
  the 
  pale 
  laurel, 
  Kalmia 
  glauca 
  Ait.; 
  

   the 
  herbs 
  are 
  mainly 
  the 
  universal 
  sphagnum, 
  the 
  cotton 
  grass, 
  Erio- 
  

   phorum 
  sp.?, 
  the 
  sundew, 
  Drosera 
  rotundi 
  folia 
  Linn., 
  the 
  

   swamp 
  five-finger, 
  Comarum 
  palustre 
  L., 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  

   orchids. 
  The 
  more 
  strictly 
  aquatic 
  plants 
  will 
  be 
  mentioned 
  in 
  connec- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  situations 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  grew, 
  and 
  where 
  studies 
  were 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna. 
  But 
  I 
  should 
  not 
  omit 
  to 
  mention 
  in 
  passing 
  

   that 
  the 
  exposed 
  banks 
  by 
  every 
  roadside 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  mats 
  of 
  

  

  