168 Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
GENISTA. 
G. TINCTORIA L. Introduced at Salem in the earliest days of the 
colony, and very abundant in pastures there, a wonderful sight about 
July 4; spreading throughout Essex county and sporadic at several 
other places. 
GLEDITSIA. 
G. TRIACANTHOS L. Occasional; the two stations at Sherborn and 
Malden may be self-planted; other trees probably merely persistent. 
GLYCYRRHIZA. 
G. LEPIDOTA (Nutt.) Pursh. Dump, Lawrence (A. S. Pease, 
June 10, 1903 and June 23, 1904); wool-waste, N. Chelmsford (Miss 
E. F. Fletcher, Sept. 5, 1917). 
HOSACKIA. 
H. AMERICANA (Nutt.) Piper. Back yard, Needham (T. O. Fuller, 
Aug. 20, 1898). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. Fugitive 
from west of the Mississippi. 
LATHYRUS. 
L. ApHaca L. Boston (C. E. Perkins, July 6, 1878). Native of 
Europe and the East. 
L. maritimus L. Sea-beaches along the coast. 
L. maritimus L., var. glaber (Seringe) Eames, RHODORA xi. 95, 
1909. Sea-beaches at Plum Island, Gloucester, Manchester and 
Revere. 
L. palustris L., var. pilosus (Cham.) Ledeb. (RHopora xiii. 47-52, 
1911). Meadows and brackish marshes, all along the coast. 
L. PRATENSIS L. Cultivated field, Concord 1891, A. W. Hosmer 
in Ruopora i. 223, 1899. This has also been secured at Concord 
this year by Wm. Brewster on a dry grassy hilltop in Miss Mary 
Eaton’s estate adjoining Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Mr. Brewster 
collected it on June 27, and reports that it is definitely established 
