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there, forming mats over an area larger than a good-sized room. It 
is not now grown in gardens there. Specimens in Herb. Gray and 
N. E. Botanical Club. 
L. sativus L. Dump, Lowell (C. W. Swan, Aug. 4, 1884). Speci- 
men in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. Fugitive from Europe. 
LESPEDEZA. 
L. Brittonii Bicknell. Blue Hill Reservation, Milton (G. G. 
Kennedy, Aug. 29, 1909); Muddy Pond Hills, Boston (Edwin Faxon, 
Sept. 10, 1892. This specimen in the herbarium of Columbia Uni- 
versity, New York, was cited in the original description. See E. P. 
Bicknell, Torreya i. 104, 1901). 
L. capitata Michx. Dry sandy soil. Common throughout. 
L. capitata Michx., var. stenophylla Bissell & Fernald (RHODORA 
xiv. 92, 1912). Blue Hill Reservation, Milton (G. G. Kennedy, Sept. 
22, 1895). 
L. capitata Michx., var. velutina (Bicknell) Fernald. Occasional. 
L. frutescens (L.) Britton. Dry open woods, common throughout. 
L. hirta (L.) Hornem. Dry sandy soil, common throughout. 
L. Nuttallii Darl. Dry open woods. Not reported from Essex 
Co., but frequent elsewhere. 
L. procumbens Michx. Dry sandy soil, frequent near Boston 
and west to Sherborn and Framingham; apparently rare elsewhere. 
L. Stuvei Nutt. Woods, Dover (K. M. Wiegand, July —, 1908). 
‘The specimen is in the herbarium of Wellesley College. 
L. violacea (L.) Pers. Dry open woods; frequent around Boston, 
also collected at Andover and Danvers. 
L. virginica (L.) Britton. Dry rocky woods and hillsides, common. 
LOTUS 
L. cornicutatus L. Boston (C. E. Perkins, 
, 1882). Speci- 
men in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. : 
LUPINUS. 
L. perennis L. Dry sandy soil; frequent, especially in Middlesex 
county. 
