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form,) Myrica cerifera, Prunus maritima, Zanthoxylum Carolinianum, 



Bumelia lycioides, and other shrubs, over run by Smilax tamnoides and 

 rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina. 



On the landward side many acres were brilliant with the bright 

 yellow flowers of ' Opuntia vulgaris. Jatropha stimulosa was found in 

 the woods, and Yucca Jilamentosa shot up its tall spikes to a height 

 of five or six feet. Covering the sand we found Cynodoti Dactylon 

 with Danthonia se?'icea, and Oenothera humifusa, not yet in flower, 

 while the nearly black heads of /uncus Roeme?-ianus were conspicuous 

 in the salt marsh. 



Turning our steps towards Hampton, we find abundant in the 

 ditches, Ranunculus hederaceus, Gratiola sphaerocarpa and Hydroco- 

 tyle umbellata. 



Along the fences, on the edges of the fields, occur Vicia>tetrasperma 

 and hirsuta, Lolium temulentum and Pyrus angustifolia. 



Rumex pulcher is thoroughly established, abundant, and easily re- 

 cognized by its habit of one sided bifurcation. Vicia Cracca is con- 

 spicuous among the grain, and Cirsium horridulum, Senecia lomentosus, 

 (a few late flowering plants,) Sagina subulata and Briza media were 

 noticed in the fields, while in the woodlands Oxydendron arboreum 

 with its glossy leaves was just pushing out its slender racemes. Calli- 

 carpa Americana was also found, but also behind time. 



Along the streets Gera?iium dissectum, Fedia radiata and an Aster, 

 undetermined as yet, were collected. 



This region is full of interest, and it is hoped will be fully explored 

 at different seasons in time to come. 



The next species of special interest was met with far to the north, 

 where in Plymouth, New Hampshire, an enthusiastic Wellesley student 

 called the writer's attention to a stranger, which proved to be Dian- 

 thus deltoides, var. glauca, as firmly established, in thick clumps in a 

 large pasture, as if it were a native. 



In Sandwich Pond, in the intervals of trout fishing and catching, 

 were noticed great masses of Myriophpllum tenelhcm growing with 

 other aquatics in long lines as if upon submerged tree trunks, but ex- 

 ploration with a pole fails to discover such a determining basis. 



A week in company with that enthusiastic collector, Rev. Thomas 

 Morong, was then spent in Smuggler's Notch and upon Mt. Mansfield, 



