78 Rhodora [APRIL 
B. subulata (Bong.), n. comb. Festuca subulata Bong. Veg. Sitch. 
173 (1832). Bromus subulatus Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 358 
(1853). Melica acuminata Boland. Proc. Cal. Acad. iv. 104 (1870). 
M. subulata Scribn. Proc. Acad. Phila. 47 (1885). 
B. Harfordii (Boland.), n. comb. Melica Harfordi Boland. Proc. 
Cal. Acad. 47 (1885). 
B. Hanronnr, var. minor (Vasey), n. comb. Melica Harfordii, var. 
minor Vasey, Bull. Torr. Cl. xv. 48 (1888). M. Harfordii, subsp. 
tenuior Piper, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. xi. 127 (1906). 
B. Geyeri (Munro). n. comb. Melica Geyeri Munro in Boland. 
Proc. Cal. Acad. iv. 103 (1870). M. bromoides Boland. ex A. Gray, 
Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 409 (1872). 
B. Gryert, var. Howellii (Scribn.), n. comb. Melica bromoides, 
var. Howellii Scribn. Proc. Acad. Philad. 47 (1885). 
DEPARTMENT OF Botany, PARKE, Davis & Co., 
Detroit, Michigan. 
REPORTS ON THE FLORA OF THE BOSTON 
DISTRICT,— XXX. 
LINACEAE. 
LINUM. 
L. medium (Planch.) Britton. Dry soil, ten scattered stations, 
none in Essex county. 
L. striatum Walt. Rock Pond, Georgetown (Mrs. C. N. S. 
Horner, no date); Cedar Swamp, Peabody (J. H. Sears, July 12, 
1887); Essex Woods (J. H. Sears & J. Robinson, September, 1880); 
old railway track under Elm St., Dedham (K. M. Wiegand & Margaret 
Heatley, July 23, 1908). 
L. sulcatum Riddell. Middlesex Fells (F. S. Collins, Aug. 8, 
1885); roadside, Winchester (W. Boott, Sept. 13, 1868; C. W. Jenks 
& C. W. Swan, July 19, 1890); Boston (F. Boott, , 1822). 
L. USITATISSIMUM L.  Roadsides and waste places, frequent. 
L. virginianum L. Dry gravelly and sandy soil; well distributed, 
especially southward. 
