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dor pine and gray pine, and the most distant one from the shore of Lake 

 Champlain. The others are at Wadhams Mills, Mt Discovery and 

 about two miles south of Keeseville. 



. Juniperus Virginiana L. 



Yoimg trees of the red cedar sometimes retain their acicular leaves 

 till they have attained considerable size. Trees 3 or 4 feet high were 

 observed near Upper Jay and also near Dresden Station, on which all 

 the leaves were acicular. 



Juniperus nana Willd. 



Three distinct forms of the low juniper occur about Dresden Station. 

 Of these the common form is frequent. A second form has its branches 

 much more erect and is only occasional. It is recognizable at a glance. 

 Both these forms are frequently 3 or 4 feet high. The third form is 

 smaller and has more slender leaves than the others. It is rare. 



Juncus militaris Bigel. 



Specimens with the long filiform leaves of the rootstocks were obtained 

 in Big Moose lake in July. The large emersed leaves and stems appear 

 to afford food for deer. 



Eriophorum Virginicum L. 



A very unusual form of the Virginian cotton grass was found near 

 Big Moose station. In it the stems bore two clusters of spikelets, one 

 terminal, as usual, the other smaller and lateral, 4 to 6 inches below the 

 terminal one. 



Carex scirpoidea Mx. 



This rare sedge whose range extends northward to Greenland occurs 

 on Wallface mountain. It varies from 6 to 12 inches or more in hight 

 and its spike is rarely branched at the base. 



Danthonia compressa Aust. 



This grass is abundant about Fulton Chain. It usually grows in thin 

 woods or along lumber roads in woods, but here it was found growing 

 freely in light sandy soil in open places where it is exposed to the full 

 rays of the sun during the whole day. In such places it forms tufts and 

 is apparently more stout and vigorous than in partly shaded places. 



