214 Rhodoni [October 



SASSAFRAS. 



S. variifolium (Salish.) Ktze. Dry woods and thickets, frequent 

 throughout. 



S. variifolium (Salish.) Ktze., var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald. 

 See RHODORA xv. 14-18, 191 3. Occasional throughout. 



PAPAVERACEAE. 



ARGEMONE. 



A. mkxicana L. A fugitive from Mexico; reported from Lynn, 

 Cambridge and Dorchester. 



CHELIDONIUM. 



C. MAJts L. A weed in moist soil, common throughout. Intro- 

 duced from Europe prior to 1669 (John Josselyn, New England 

 Rarities Discovered, 1672). 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



E. CAIIFORNICA Cham. California Poppy. Vacant lot in refuse, 



Fenway, Boston (C. //. Knowlton, Sept. (i, 1910). A well-known 

 garden flower, native of California and Oregon. 



PAPAVER. 



P. Rhoeas L. Brookline, rare (./. 11. Foster, 1869); Blue Hills, 

 house-site (F. S. Collins, Sept. 2, 1895); open place in woods, persis- 

 tent from 1905 to 1911, Newton (F. W. Grigg). 



P. SOMNIFERUM L. Garden escape; Georgetown, Dorchester, 

 Scituate. 



SANGUINARIA. 



S. canadensis L. Moist soil in or near woods; frequent from Blue 



Hills and Ilingham northward, either lacking or rare in southern 

 towns. 



