1922] Flora of the Boston District, —X X XVII 233 
PRIMULA. 
P. veris Willd. Braintree (W. H. Manning, May 8, 1886; L. L. 
Dame, 1887). Specimens in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
SAMOLUS. 
S.floribundus HBK. Brackish marshes and meadows near the 
sea; occasional in Essex county, rare elsewhere. 
STEIRONEMA. 
S. ciliatum (L.) Raf. Moist rich soil, occasional north of Boston; 
Hingham, according to Bouvé, Botany of Hingham, in History of 
Hingham I, Part 1, 1893. 
S. lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray. Meadows and pastures; frequent 
throughout, except along the South Shore below Weymouth. 
-TRIENTALIS. 
T. borealis Raf. (7. americana (Pers.) Pursh. See Blanchard, 
Ruopora xi. 236, 1909.) Woods in acid soil, common. 
EBENACEAE. 
DIOSPYROS. 
D. VIRGINIANA L. Old pasture, Waltham (G. E. Morris, Dec. 1, 
1915.) Specimens in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
OLEACEAE. 
FRAXINUS. 
F. americana L. Woods, common throughout. 
F. americana L., forma iodocarpa Fernald. See RHODORA xiv. 
192, 1912. Winchester, two stations; Sherborn; probably elsewhere. 
F. nigra Marsh. Wet woods and swamps, frequent. 
F. pennsylvanica Marsh. Riverbanks, especially along the Merri- 
mac, and other moist places; rare or absent in southern towns. 
LIGUSTRUM. 
L. VULGARE L. Thickets, rocky woods and pastures; frequent, 
especially near Boston. 
