Cryptogamic Botany 
A DEPARTMENT OF THE OBSERVER, 
PORTLAND, CONN. 
ELIZABETH G. BRITTON, Editor. 
Columbia College, New York City. 
T. Franklin Collins, 
May 28th, 1897 
Fear Fir, 
Yon 1 " letter of the 21 st, 
is received. 1 shall be very glad to give what assistance, 1 can, 
and willingly look over j*our drawings and Jfar specimens. I shall 
be away from home over pecoration ay, but after that expect to be 
regularlyfat my work, and shall hope to be able to give them prompt 
attention. It seems unlikely that S eouler lgt should be found in Mai- 
ne . lt raay be one o I those dark Grimm!as that grow in water, howev- 
er such as 1. aciculari s (L.) ?T ulier ( §acomi f rium acicularl s) 
which grows in mountain streams. I have never known of Scouleria 
having been found anywhere else than on the West Coast and the 
Rocky Mountains . 
