1915] Flora of the Boston District,— XX. 177 
Rich, Aug. 27, 1900; specimen in herb. W. P. Rich). Adventive 
from west or south. 
C. Borrys L. Waste places and gardens, frequent. 
C. caprratum (L.) Aschers. Waste places rare; Salem, Lowell, 
Sherborn, Hingham. Adventive from further west. 
C. gtaucum L. Gardens and waste places; frequent near Boston, 
occasional elsewhere. 
C. GRAVEOLENS Lag. & Rodr. Turnip patch, dressed with wool- 
waste, Chelmsford (C. W. Swan, Sept. 20, 1885; specimen in herb. 
Yale University and herb. N. E. Botanical Club). A native of the 
American tropics from Mexico to Bolivia; also in tropical Africa and 
Arabia. 
C. hybridum L. Dry open woods (its original habitat) and waste 
places, common throughout. 
C. leptophyllum Nutt. Sand dunes, beaches and borders of salt 
marshes; Plum Island, Revere, Dorchester and perhaps elsewhere; 
also adventive at Sherborn (M. L. Loomis, Aug. 3, 1911; July 23, 
1912). , 
C. MULTIFIDUM L. South Boston flats (C. E. Perkins, 1881; speci- 
men in herb. N. E. Botanical Club). Native of South America. 
C. MURALE L. Waste land; Newburyport, Charlestown, Roxbury, 
Dorchester; Tewksbury and Framingham, according to Dame & 
Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 83, 1888. 
[C. polyspermum L. Framingham (Rev. J. H. Temple), according 
to Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co., 83, 1888.] 
C. rubrum L. Salt marshes; Rockport, Gloucester, Revere, Med- 
ford, Quincy. “ ‘Near the mouth of Saugus river ' (Dr. Chas. Picker- 
ing) ‘ Annisquam ’ (Mrs. Downs).’’, according to Robinson, Fl. Essex 
Co. 90, 1880. 
C. vnBICUM L. Waste places, occasional. Collected on Boston 
Common by E. Tuckerman, Jr., in July, 1843. 
C. vIRGATUM Thunb. Bond St., Cambridge (Roger Warner, 
June 28, 1885; specimen in herb. W. Deane). Native of Japan. 
KOCHIA. 
K. Scoparta (L.) Schrad. Roadside in old town and abundant 
in gardens at Marblehead (W. Deane, Aug. 30, 1911); dump on vacant 
lot, Fenway, Boston (C. H. Knowlton, Aug. 6, 1911). 
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