1909] Wiegand,— Rare Plants from the Vicinity of Wellesley 83 
Sphenopholis nitida (Spreng.) Scribn. Morse's Pond, Wellesley. 
An eastward extension of the range given in Gray's Manual. 
Glyceria pallida (Torr.) Trin., var. Fernaldi Hitch. Dover; 
Westboro; Charles River near Wellesley and Needham. A south- 
ward extension of the range given in Gray's Manual. 
Bromus inermis Leys. Field, Nehoiden St., Needham. Not 
reported in Gray’s Manual from America, but introduced at Ithaca, 
N. Y. and probably elsewhere. 
Cyperus filiculmis Vahl (typical). Wellesley Campus, near barn. 
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) R. & S. Lake Waban, Wellesley. 
Eleocharis quadrangulata (Michx.) R. & S. Lake Waban. Appar- 
ently not reported elsewhere north of Connecticut. 
Eleocharis Engelmanni Steud. (typical). Pond, Mill St., Westwood; 
and Wayland Reservoir. 
Carex hormathodes Fernald, var. Richii Fernald. Purgatory Swamp 
at Dedham Center Station. 
Carex seorsa Howe. Needham Swamp, in shade. 
Carex trisperma Dewey, var. Dillingsii Knight. Moor of Mud 
Pond, Natick. 
Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) BSP. Woods around Westboro 
Swamp. 
Coronopus didymus (L.) Smith. Introduced in flower bed on Welles- 
ley Campus. 
Linum striatum Walt. Old railroad track under Elm St., Dedham. 
Lechea Leggettii Brit. & Hollick. Border of Purgatory Swamp, 
Dedham. Apparently not before reported north of Nantucket. 
Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne. Pond across the railroad from the 
new college dormitories, Wellesley. 
Apocynum medium Greene. Roadside near Waushacum Pond, So. 
Framingham; Speen St., Natick. 
Cuscuta compacta Juss. Morse's Pond, Wellesley. Until recently 
not known in New England, but lately reported elsewhere in Eastern 
Massachusetts. 
Stachys ambigua (Gray) Britton. Canal St. Medfield; Heard's 
Pond, Wayland; Great Plains Ave., Needham. Not previously 
reported north of Pennsylvania, but apparently not rare in this region. 
Plantago media L. Found by New England Botanical Club party 
on the aqueduct near the tunnel north of Framingham; occurs also 
on a lawn in Wellesley. 
