1917] Hubbard,— A Spartina new to New England 27 
base: lobes of the corolla of the perfect flower with brown borders and 
midribs; the tube green; achenes 4-5.5 mm. long, inflated, with 16-20 ribs 
and glabrous or slightly strigose furrows; the annulus with a distinct beak 
protruding from the center: denuded receptacles 1-1.2 em. in diameter. 
2. E. megalocarpa. 
1. E. mreraciroua (L.) Raf. in DC. Prodr. vi. 294 (1837).— 
Three varieties. 
Upper leaves with broad sessile or somewhat clasping bases. 
Leaves scarcely decreasing in size into the inflorescence. . . Var. typica. 
Upper leaves rapidly reduced to bracts below the inflorescence. 
Var. intermedia. 
Upper leaves attenuated to base or petioled......... Var. praealta. 
Var. typica. Senecio hieracifolius L. Sp. Pl. ii. 866 (1753).— Cen- 
tral Maine to Illinois, south to Connecticut, and presumably south- 
ward. 
Var. intermedia, n. var. foliis caulinis gradatim minoribus, superio- 
ribus valde reductis vel bracteiformibus sessilibus basi latis.— Prince 
Edward Island to South Carolina, west to western Ontario, Kansas and 
Texas. Type: Cumberland, Rhode Island, September 13, 1903, 
E. F. Williams (Gray Herb.). 
Var. praealta (Raf.),n. comb. ŒE. pracalta Raf. Fl. Ludov. 65 
(1817).— Southern Maine to Florida, west to Indiana, southern Illi- 
nois and Louisiana. 
2. E. MEGALOCARPA Fernald. See above. 
Gray HERBARIUM. 
A VARIETY OF SPARTINA NEW TO NEw ENGLAND.— Recently in 
working over some grasses from the herbarium of William Boott, a 
collection long ago acquired by the Gray Herbarium, I found a speci- 
men of Spartina alterniflora Lois. var. glabra (Muhl.) Fernald (Ruo- 
DORA, xviii. 178) from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, collected 
presumably near Medford. It was labeled Medford Turnpike, Sep- 
tember, 1852, in Boott’s handwriting. As this variety seems not to 
have been previously reported north of Virginia this considerable 
extension of range seems worthy of record.— F. Tracy HUBBARD, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
