14 Joint BULLETIN 7 



its cocoon, and I should like to know whether it has been known and 

 recorded bv others. 



NEW PLANTS AND NEW STATIONS 



E. M m . Kittredge 



During the summer meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club, much 

 interest was manifested in an abnormal specimen of Veratrum, which 

 was found in a field bordering the old stage road near Plymouth 

 Union. The leaves were less pubescent than in the common form, 

 and the flowers were yellow. Although much handled, and examined 

 in the heat, as well as the light, of a kerosene lamp, the plant showed 

 no trace of withering, and remained fresh and beautiful for several 

 days. The specimen has been studied by several botanists, and is now 

 in the Gray Herbarium pending further information. 



The large-leaved Dock, found near Saltash Mountain, was at first 

 thought to be a hybrid between the garden rhubarb and the common 

 broad-leaved dock, both species growing abundantly near by, and the 

 new plant resembling both in several characters, but it was later 

 determined as Rumex alpinns. L., a native of the higher mountains of 

 central Europe. It has not before been reported from this country. 



In August, another visit was made to some of the bogs and swamps 

 of Plymouth, and several very interesting plants collected and others 

 noted for another season. Habenaria blephariglottis was found in one 

 open bog, growing in some abundance. My guide, Mrs. B. G. Thomas, 

 of Woodstock, has known of the station for several years and has 

 jealously guarded the plants fearing their extermination. She re- 

 luctantly consented to the report of the station, but bound me not to 

 reveal its exact location, a promise I was more than willing to give. 

 Photographs were made and three specimens taken. Carex folliculata 

 was found in abundance in this bog. 



Three years ago some very beautiful mallows were noticed along 

 the road near Bridgewater Corners. Each year the plants were cut 

 before mature fruit could be collected, but from the material sent to 

 Dr. Ezra Brainerd and others, the plants have been determined as 

 hybrids between Malva Alcea and M. moschata. M. Alcea is occasion- 

 ally, and M. moschata very frequently, found in the neighborhood, but 

 neither species was found in the immediate vicinity of the hybrids. 



