178 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
SALICORNIA. 
S. ambigua Michx. Salt marshes and wet sea-beaches. Rare 
on North shore; Annisquam, Gloucester (J. H. Sears, 1892); Lynn 
(J. Robinson, Sept. 14, 1875); Revere (C. H. Knowlton, Aug. 20, 
1908). ' At Gloucester, Mass. Pickering. 1825." William Oakes 
in Hovey’s Magazine xiii. 219, 1847. Frequent from Hingham to 
Plymouth. 
S. europaea L. Salt marshes, common throughout. 
S. europaea L., var. pachystachya (Koch) Fernald. Nahant 
(K. M. Wiegand, Oct. 2, 1908; specimen in herb. Wellesley College). 
S. mucronata Bigel. Salt marshes, frequent. 
SALSOLA. 
S. Kali L. Sea-beaches, occasional. 
S. Kali L., var. caroliniana (Walt.) Nutt. More abundant than 
the typical form. 
S. Kali L., var. TENUIFOLIA G. F. W. Mey. Gardens and waste 
places; occasional, but apparently not spreading. 
SPINACIA. 
S. OLERACEA ti Rubbish heap, Winchester (M. L. Fernald, May 
26, 1907). 
SUAEDA. 
S. linearis (Ell. Moq. Salt marshes, common throughout. 
S. maritima (L.) Dumort. Salt marshes, frequent throughout. 
S. Richii Fernald. Prostrate in sand below high tide, and in salt 
marshes; Plum Island (E. F. Williams, Aug. 4, 1899); Ipswich 
(J. H. Sears, Aug. 24, 1886; September, 1887); Bass Rocks, Glouces- 
ter (E. F. Williams, Aug. 14, 1898). 
AMARANTHACEAE. 
ACNIDA. 
A. cannabina L. Edges of clayey tidal estuaries, from Newbury- 
port to Dorchester; not reported on the South Shore, probably be- 
cause the shores are sandy. 
