1913] Reports on the Flora of the Boston District,— XVIII 147 
1888, in " an odd variation of F. rubra L." according to F. T. Hubbard. 
F. rubra L., var. megastachys Gaudin. Vacant lot, Boston (C. 
H. Knowlton, June 25, 1908, specimen in herb. C. H. Knowlton). 
F. rubra L., var. multiflora (Hoffm.) Asch. & Graebn. East Glou- 
cester (C. W. Swan, July, 1881, specimen in herb. Yale University). 
F. rubra L., var. prolifera Piper. Moist gravel, Lexington (C. H. 
Knowlton, Sept. 12 and 20, 1903, specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical 
Club). 
SCLEROPOA. 
S. RIGIDA (Kunth) Griseb. Boston (C. E. Perkins, July 1, 1878, 
specimens in herb. Yale University and N. E. Botanical Club). 
Native of southern Europe and northern Africa. 
BROMUS. 
B. altissimus Pursh. Ayer (W. H. Manning, Aug. 13, 1882, speci- 
men in herb. N. E. Botanical Club); Trull Brook woods, Tewksbury 
(C. W. Swan, Sept. 1, 1882, specimen in herb. Yale University). 
B. arvensis L. South Boston (C. E. Perkins, June 25 and 30, 
1879, specimens in herb. Yale University and N. E. Botanical Club). 
B. BRIZAEFORMIS Fisch. & Mey. Charlestown (C. E. Perkins, 
July 23, 1881); South Boston (C. E. Perkins, May 28 and June 9, 
1879); “collected for three years past on a dump near Leonard's 
Pond” according to E. C. Smith, Rnopona i. 98, 1899. 
B. ciliatus L. Moist woods, fields and roadsides. Occasional 
northward, but not reported south of Jamaica Plain. 
B. COMMUTATUS Schrad. Waste ground; Beverley, Chelmsford, 
Reading, Cambridge, Boston, South Boston and Dorchester. 
B. HORDEACEUS L.  Roadsides and waste places; Billerica, Salern, 
Cambridge, Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Wellesley and Dedhara. 
B. HORDEACEUS L., var. LEPTOSTACHYS (Pers.) Beck. East Glouces- 
ter (C. W. Swan, ——, 1881, specimen in herb. Yale University); Field's 
Corner, Dorchester (C. W. Swan, June 24, 1882, specimen in herb. 
Yale University). 
B. INERMIS Leyss. Field under partial cultivation, Nehoiden St., 
Needham (K. M. Wiegand, July 23, 1908, specimen in herb. N. E. 
Botanical Club). Native of Eurasia. 
