1916] 



Flora of the Boston District,— XXII 87 



(E. F. William*, Aug. 9, 1906); Scituate (E. F. Williams, July 9, 

 1898); old garden, Blue Hill Reservation, according to Deane, Fl. 

 Metrop. Park Comm. 12, 1896. 



L. coeli-ROSA Desv. Weed in garden, Cambridge (C. F. Batchclder, 

 Sept. 13, 1913). From the Mediterranean region. 



L. coronaria (L.) Desr. Danvers (./. H. Scars, July 5, 1885); 

 Scituate (Mrs. Henry T. Bailey). 



L. DIOICA L. Waste places, rare. 



L. Flos-cuculi L. Fields and waste places, Gloucester, Chelmsford, 

 Brookline, Milton, Easton. 



SAGINA. 



S. decumbens (Ell.) T. & G. Path halfway to Cranberry Pond, 

 Braintree (N. T. Kidder, June 12, 1886). 



S. nodosa Fenzl., var. glandulosa (Bess.) Asch. Rocks by sea- 

 shore at Rockport and Gloucester, its southern limit. 



S. procumbens L. Moist places; common along the coast, occa- 

 sional inland. 



SAPONARIA. 



S. officinalis L. Waste places, common throughout. 

 S. Vaccaria L. Grain fields and waste places, rare. 



SILENE. 



S. antirrhina L. Dry gravelly soil and waste places, rather com- 

 mon throughout. 



S. antirrhina L., forma Deaneana Feraald. (See Fernald, 

 Rhodoka xvii. 90-97, 1915, and Deane, Rhodora xii. 129-131, 1910.) 

 "Type: recently cleared land near Winter Pond, Winchester, Massa- 

 chusetts, June 22, 1913, Fernald & Long, no. 9494 (herb. New England 

 Botanical Club)." Occasional with the species. 



S. antirrhina L., var. divaricata Robinson. Wooded hillside, 

 Lexington (C. 11". Sican & C. W. Jenk.s, Aug. 6, 1883); Waltham 

 (W. Boott, —, 1871); Newton Highlands (J. R. Churchill, July 28, 

 1888). 



[S. apetala Willd. In Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co., 15, 

 1888, is the following reference to this species: "Lexington, growing 



