
          801.

time while the seeds are ripening the stalk is bent close to the ground.
During this time the involucre too is turned up close around the ripening
akenes.  We returned over the same route.

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November 1, 1902.  A trip with Mr. W. to Dorsey's Run.  We met at Ellicott
City at 8 o'clock.  Mr. W. had looked up the notes he had taken regarding
the Cypripedium and had found out that they were on a hillside
near Dorsey's Run.  He had found out, too, that a road lead almost
directly from Ellicott City to this station,  we therefore decided to take
this route.  The morning was fresh, an ideal one for walking and
by half past eight we were on our way to Jonestown.  The road at first
is very <s>hilly</s> steep, but after reaching the plateau is almost level.
Close to the top of the hill is the reservoir, quite a small rectangular affair
with walls built of brick.  The pumping station was not far off in a 
low shed.  Near the reservoir I found several pretty specimens of
Aster puniceus.  Several of the lower leaves of this plant were affected
by a yellow fungus.  As we climbed the hillside we noticed quite a
difference in the temperature, <s>I</s> in the valley it is very much colder.
After going a short distance we came to a pretty homestead.  As we
passed the garden we saw in it two pretty Euonymus atropurpurea
plants - Burning Bushes.  They were so beautiful, that we walked
        