176 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
CHENOPODIACEAE. 
ATRIPLEX. 
A. arenaria Nutt. Edges of salt marshes and seashore; Salisbury, 
Plum Island, Beverly, Lynn, and in nearly every coastal town or city 
from Cambridge to Duxbury. 
[* A. bracteosa Wats. N. Chelmsford, wool-waste (Rev. W. P. 
Alcott). Adv. from Cal.", according to Dame & Collins, Fl. Middle- 
sex Co. 84, 1888.] 
A. patula L. Salt marshes and waste places near the coast, rather 
common. 
A. patula L., var. hastata (L.) Gray. Common and abundant, 
with the typical form. 
A. patula L., var. littoralis (L.) Gray. Frequent, with the typical 
form. 
A. ROSEA L. South Boston flats (C. E. Perkins, Aug. 9, 1879; Sept. 
5, 1881; specimens in herb. N. E. Botanical Club). 
BASSIA. 
B. uigsuTA (L.) Aschers. Made land near sea, South Boston (C. 
H. Knowlton, Sept. 12, 1908 et seq.). A large area is fully occupied 
by this saline species. (See R&opona xi. 120, 1909.) Also on wool- 
waste at Westford (Miss E. F. Fletcher, October, 1910). 
CHENOPODIUM. 
C. ALBUM L. Common weed in waste places and gardens every- 
where. 
C. ALBUM L., var. VIRIDE (L.) Moq. Frequent, with the typical 
form. 
C. AMBROSIOIDES L. Waste places; very abundant around cities, 
frequent elsewhere. 
C. AMBROSIOIDES L., var. ANTHELMINTICUM (L.) Gray. Occasional 
in waste places. 
C. Bonus-Henricus L. Roadside next Botanical Garden, Cam- 
bridge, no date; Back Bay, Boston (Miss F. C. Prince, no date). 
C. Bosctanum Moq. Vacant lot, Back Bay, Boston (W. P. 
