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Lawrence and at Cutler, Maine. It also occurs at Plum 

 Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts, but has not been found 

 at intermediate stations ; /. Oronensis Fernald, now extinct at 

 the original station, is found along the Alleguash and near 

 the Rangeley Lakes; /. dichotomus Ell., var. platyphyllus 

 Wiegand, not previously known east of Revere Beach, Massa- 

 chusetts, has recently been found among the plants collected 

 by Miss Furbish at Wells; a still more interesting discovery 

 is J. articulatus L., var. nigriUllus (Don.) Druce, found in 

 a bundle of plants collected by Miss Furbish at Cutler, the 

 only other stations being in the Scotch Highlands and in 

 Lapland. 



Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) Gray, until recently re- 

 garded as a plant of New York and the West, occurs in the 

 Dead River region and at Crystal Bog ; Salix coadilis Fernald, 

 described from the vicinity of Orono, is now known to be the 

 common willow of the lower Penobscot valley, and to be 

 found also along the main St. John river. Urtica Lyallii 

 Wats., was described from the Pacific coast, but within the 

 last few years has been collected quite generally throughout 

 the eastern states, where it has been confused with U. gracilis 

 Alton. Ritmex persicarioides L., seems to be of sporadic dis- 

 tribution and not inclined to persist ; the stations are at Fort 

 Popham, Portland and Pine Point. 



Chenopodium humUe Hook., was found two years ago by 

 Miss Furbish in a salt marsh near Brunswick, the only station 

 known east of the alkaline regions of the interior. Barbarea 

 orthoceras Ledeb., is common in the northern part of the 

 continent, extending southward into the St. John valley. It 

 has only recently been distinguished in this country from 

 B. stricta Andrz. Dcntaria maxima Xutt., a species of rich 

 woods of the Middle and Central States, occurs on Outer 

 Green Island and other exposed islets in Portland Harbor. 



During the reorganization of Miss Furbish's herbarium 

 at. the New England Botanical Club, many interesting plants 

 have come to light, among them being Arabis canadensis L., 

 from Skowhegan, Rosa acicularis Lindl., var. Bourgeauiana 

 Crdpin, from Great Chebeague Island and from Foster Point, 

 Bath; Baptisia tinctoria (L.) BSP., at Wells; Proserpinacea 

 palustris Lam., from Androscoggin Lake, North Leeds. In 



