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enterprising boy has turned it to account by gathering and selling the 
nuts. They are very popular with children in Austria. 
* Epilobium lineare, Muhl., var. oliganthum, Trelease, was found in 
Tophet Swamp, North Lexington. 
Oenothera biennis, L., var. grandiflora, Lindl., persists in Lexington, 
the only remnant of an old garden. 
Lythrum Salicaria, L., is abundant in a field in Bedford. 
Aster infirmus, Michx., was found in woods near the railroad in 
Lexington, and a white variety of 4. Vovae-Angliae, L., in Woburn. 
Arctium Lappa, L., var. magus, Gray, is common on Bedford 
street, Lexington. 
Plantago Patagonica, Jacq., var. aristata, Gray, introduced with 
grass-seed, is only too well established. 
Hottonia inflata, Ell., “not reported outside the Middlesex Fells,” 
grows by the Concord turnpike. . 
Utricularia intermedia, Hayne, grows in Tophet Swamp, North 
Lexington, and U. gibba, L., in Winter Pond, Winchester. 
Epiphegus Virginiana, Bart., is abundant in North Lexington and 
Lincoln. 
Gratiola Virginiana, L., is in Shaker Glen. 
* Pentstemon laevigatus, Sol., var. digitalis, Gray, occurs in several 
places in Lexington. 
Pycnanthemum lanceolatum, Pursh, grows in Bedford. 
Symphytum asperrimum, Sims, is well established near Munroe 
Station. 
Lithospermum arvense, L., Echinospermum Lappula, Lehm., and 
Solanum nigrum, L., are new to Lexington, and * Polygonum Virginia- 
mum, L., on the old Concord road is new to the Flora. 
* Polygonum lapathifolium, L., grows about the new Cambridge 
reservoir. : 
The Endogens do not furnish many additions to the Flora. This 
is partly due to the fact that the studies on which these notes are based 
were not carried into the field of rushes, sedges, and grasses. 
Sagittaria graminea, Michx., from Winter Pond, and /ogonta 
verticillata, Nutt., in N. Lexington, are the only additions to stations 
of endogens. 
The work of converting a large area of meadow land in Lexington, 
Lincoln, and Waltham into a reservoir to supply the city of Cambridge, 
has led to an upheaval of territory which, we believe, will repay careful 
watching. 
