
          I think may possibly be a constant variety of this sp. as represented
in Eng. Bot., + as growing in the Pond in Cambridge - is plentiful
in + around a small pond near the Notch - at about the eleva-
tion just mentioned. The characters of difference noted in about 50 plts
were - smaller in all its parts, - flowers few, (2-3, rare 4) corolla
white. the latter char. is I know not entitled to this rank generally 
+ particularly in this genus - but in this case it appeared with the other 
marks - to constitute a constant difference. The Lichens (with the
exc. of Lecanora ventosa, catalogued by Halsey, though evidently
Alpine in this locality) have never been published in any work
that I have seen as Amer[ican] plants. They are all common on
the summits. I have other of interest, + intend the following year
to investigate the crustaceous alpine species.
I have found two other plant of interest - which I cannot resist
mentioning in this place. The one - Corallorhiza multiflora I found
in damp woods at Montpelier Vt - flowering the last of July.
I believe it has not been published as a New-England plant.
The other Geaster quadrifidus Pers - I can only find in
Mr. Schweinitz's Synopsis with the remark [?] [?]
[?]. It occurs in sandy pine woods in Cambridge
Mass - in company with what I suppose G. hygrometricus
        