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deciduous, leaving a wide, membranous bordered lanceolate base 



which soon fades into a papery whiteness. Fruit-spike as in the 

 species. This is the roughest equisetum I have seen with the 

 exception of Funstoni. Usually six to many small stems arise 

 from the top of a rhizome or about the base of an old stem of the 

 previous year. Many of them are prostrate, others ascending or 

 erect. 



This form has repeatedly been taken for variegatum and 

 numerous collections given out for the latter species have been 

 found to.be this, Funstoni or hiemale intermedium. Variegatum 

 is certainly rare outside the forest regions of the northern part 

 of the United States, and all localities south of Montana and 

 Washington need verification. Wet Meadows, Middle Loup 

 River, Neb., Rydberg, Type; Lauer Creek, Wyo., Knowlton ; 

 Meade, Kas., Smythe ; Springdale, Utah, Jones; Rockport, Kas., 

 Bartholomew; Snake River, Wyo., A. and B. Nelson; Elkhart 

 Lake, Wis., /. H. Shuettc ; Callaway, Neb., Rev. J. M. Bates. 

 Carson, Nev., Baker, is abnormal in having rosulae in the grooves. 



6. Poly st achy urn f. nov. Like No. 3, but branches of upper 

 3 whorls ending in spikes contemporary with the fruit on the 

 main stem. I have seen but one specimen of this, collected at 

 Callaway, Neb., by Rev. J. B. Bates, in July, 1902/ 



The Ames Botanieal Laboratory, N. Baston, Mass. 



EQUISETUM SCIRPOIDES IN CONNECTICUT. 



By A. Vincent Osmun. 



That this plant is considered rare probably because over- 

 looked, has been somewhat exemplified in my experience of the 

 past summer. According to Bishop's ''List of Connecticut 

 Plants," Norfolk is the only town in the Nutmeg State where B. 

 scirpoides has been found. B. variegatum was reported as grow- 

 ing in Canaan; but doubtless Scirpoides was mistaken for this 

 more northerly and rarer species. Early in June, the writer, 

 while fishing a trout brook in the town of Sharon, came upon a 

 large patch of scirpoides on the bank of the brook. A visit to 

 the place late in August revealed an area of nearly two acres al- 

 most completely covered with the little plant. Shortly thereafter 



