1911] Fernald,— Varieties of Ribes hirtellum 73 
E. rostellata! Torr. “Very common, on the salt marshes just at 
edge of upland, and also bordering the little island-like elevations of 
higher land on the marshes, in Salisbury, Newbury and Newburyport” 
(R. Dodge, Aug. 20, 1890); Medford (Wm. Boott, Aug. 16, 1865; 
F. S. Collins, June 19, 1887); Malden (Wm. Boott, July 19, 1853). 
E. tenuis (Willd.) Schultes. Moist places; unrecorded from extreme 
southeastern part of district, but probably abundant throughout. 
E. tuberculosa (Michx.) R. & S. Wet sandy soil; Gloucester, 
Manchester, Danvers, Tewksbury, Wilmington, Carlisle, Cambridge, 
Quincy, Milton, Weymouth, Norfolk; Bedford (C. W. Swan, accord- 
ing to Dame € Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co., 112, 1888). 
STENOPHYLLUS. 
S. capillaris (L.) Britton. Dry sandy soil, very common. 
FIMBRISTYLIS. 
F. Frankii Steud. Wet sandy and muddy shores. Apparently 
common, but not reported from southeastern portion of the district. 
In the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. herbarium is a specimen collected by 
Francis Boott in 1822. On the label is the following statement: 
“Picked by Dr. Boott and given to me (B. D. Greene) 22d Nov., 1822.” 
C. H. KNOWLTON | 
J. A. CUSHMAN Committee on 
WALTER DEANE Local Flora. 
A. K. HARRISON 
THE VARIETIES OF RIBES HIRTELLUM. 
M. L. FERNALD. 
As recently pointed out by Coville and Britton,? the name Ribes 
hirtellum Michx. (or Grossularia hirtella (Michx.) Spach, the name 
used by those who see a sharp line of demarcation between the goose- 
berries and the currants) must be taken up for our common smooth- 
1 There is a sheet of E. Robbinsii in the Wellesley Coll. Herb. collected at Ham- 
mond's Pond, Newton, Sept. 8, 1854, by Wm. Boott. On the same sheet is mounted 
a specimen of E. rostellata, both species bearing the same label. There is probably a 
mixing of specimens here. 
2 N. A. Fl. xxii. pt. 3, 223, 225 (1908). 
