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NOTES FROM THE PHAENOGAMIC HERBARIUM OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB,—I. 
M. L. FERNALD. 
UNDER this general heading it is proposed to publish from time to 
time notes, suggested primarily by specimens in the Club Herbarium, 
which may be of interest to members of the Club and others who are 
working upon the flora of New England. As material accumulates 
and becomes organized in the Herbarium, many gaps in our knowledge 
of detailed distribution become obvious and,. fortunately, many 
specimens drift in or become accessible which add very materially 
to our information about the ranges of the less generally distributed 
species. The present instalment of notes may appropriately bear 
the subtitle. 
Some LocaL PLANTS oF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. 
Bromus PURGANS L., often confused with B. ciliatus and not ordi- 
narily recognized in the flora of eastern Massachusetts, is represented 
in the Club Herbarium by specimens from several stations near 
Boston: Malden, July 13, 1879 (H. A. Young), July 24, 1879 (E. & 
C. E. Faxon); Maplewood, July, 1880 (R. Frohock); rocky woods 
north of Cascade, Middlesex Fells Reservation, Melrose, June 28, 
1894 (W. P. Rich); Warren Farm, Brookline, July 21, 1897 (J. R. 
Churchill). 
Bromus ALTISSIMUS Pursh, another relative of B. ciliatus which is 
not generally recognized from the eastern half of Massachusetts, is 
represented in the Club Herbarium by specimens from Ayer, August 
13, 1882 (W. H. Manning) and Princeton, August 9, 1894 (J. F. 
Collins). 
Bromus Karmu Gray has not been — — as far 
east as Worcester County, Massachusetts. There is an excellent 
specimen in the Club Herbarium collected at Sturbridge, July 23, 
1899, by Dr. R. M. Harper.. 
LoLIuM TEMULENTUM L., as represented in the Club Herbarium, 
was collected on dumping grounds of Lowell, Charlestown, Boston, 
and South Boston from 1878 to 1884; and the awnless var. LEPTO- 
CHAETON A. Br. in “ Boston or vic[inity], 1882." Have they persisted? 
