248 Rhodora [Dscxmbir 



I have found no specimen of Platanus occidentalis from Maine. [ 

 include the record, however, because it is reported by George B. Emer- 

 son, who says, " Along the coast I have found it in the county of York, 

 in Maine." (Trees and Shrubs of Mass., 3d ed. vol. 1, 266, 1878.) 

 Hingham, Massachusetts. 



REPORTS ON THE FLORA OF THE BOSTON 

 DISTRICT, —XXV. 



CAPPARIDACEAE. 

 CLEOME. 



C. seurulata Pursh. Field off Water St., Lawrence (M. E. Gutter- 

 son, Aug. 4, 1903). Introduced from the West. 



C. SPINOSA L. Dump east of University Press, Cambridge (A. 8. 

 Pease, Sept. 30, 1907); Lexington, according to Mabel P. Cook, 

 Rhodora i. 81, 1899. 



RESEDACEAE. 



RESEDA. 



R. alba L. Garden escape; Lynn, Dedham, Blue Hills, Sherborn. 



R. lutea L. Fields and roadsides; Rockport, Tyngsboro, West- 

 ford, Ixwington, Charlestown, Sherborn. 



R. Lutkola L. Lynn (Wm. Boott, June 16, 1855; specimen in 

 Gray Herb.). 



R. odokata L. Boston (C. E. Perkins, Aug. 5, 1882); casual 

 escape, cultivated ground, Dorchester (./. P. Churchill, — , 1882). 

 From northern Africa and Syria. 



SARRACENIACEAE. 

 SARRACENIA. 



S. purpurea L. Peat-bogs and wet meadows, common. 



S. purpurea L., var. heterophylla (Eat.) Torr. Form correspond- 



