96 Rhodora [May 
J. brachycarpus Engelm. Sandy bluff, Ocean Ave., Scituate (G. G. 
Kennedy Aug. 15, 1901; G. G. Kennedy, W. P. Rich & E. F. Williams, 
Sept. 8, 1901). “The first and so far as I know the only station in 
Massachusetts" (M. L. Fernald). 
J. brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fernald. Wet soil; from Weymouth 
and Milton north and west. Collected in Essex County by Wm. 
Oakes in April, 1848, and by Wm. Boott at Houghton's Pond, Milton, 
Sept. 8, 1853. 
J. bufonius L. Moist soil; very common throughout. Collected 
by John A. Lowell in Danvers, July 1, 1846, and by Wm. Boott in 
Winchester, July 15, 1853. 
J. bufonius L., var. congestus Wahlb. Clay bank, Danvers (J. H. 
Sears, July 14, 1902). 
J. bufonius L., var. halophilus Buchenau & Fernald. Plum Island, 
[Essex Co.] (Wm. Oakes, no date). 
J. canadensis J. Gay. Wet ground; common throughout. Early 
collected by John A. Lowell in Beverly, August, 1847, and by Wm. 
Boott, Mystic Pond, Sept. 12, 1849; Dorchester, Aug. 28, 1853; 
Milton, Aug. 29, 1853. 
J. dichotomus Ell. var. platyphyllus Wiegand. Meadows and 
swamps. Chelsea (Wm. Boott, July 2, 1853); Stoneham (H. J. 
Koehler, Aug. 15, 1906); Middlesex Fells (H. J. Koehler, July 12, 
1905); Lexington (C. H. Knowlton, July 23, 1898); Scituate near 
Egypt station (G. G. Kennedy, Aug. 15, 1901). 
J. effusus L., var. compactus Lejeune & Courtois. Ipswich (Wm. 
Oakes, no date); ‘‘Brush Hill turnpike left hand going from town just 
before getting to second toll-house." Milton (Wm. Boott, July 7, 
1853). 
J. effusus L., var. decipiens Buchenau.? Ipswich (Wm. Oakes, 
without further date). 
J. effusus L., var. Pylaei (Leharpe) Fernald & Wiegand. Boggy 
meadows and pond borders. Reports from Ward Hill, Bradford 
(part of Haverhill), Ipswich (Wm. Oakes), Beverly (John A. Lowell, 
August, 1846), Reading, Spot Pond, Stoneham (Wm. Boott, July 10, 
1853), Milton, Canton, Norfolk, and South Hanson. It doubtless 
occurs throughout our area. 
1 For the precise location of this vaguely stated station we are indebted to the patient 
researches of Dr. George G. Kennedy. 
? Owing to Fernald and Wiegand's recent segregation of Juncus effusus L. the distri- 
bution of the various varieties in the region under consideration is not very well under- 
stood as yet, as collectors have not looked especially for the different forms, 
