234 Rhodora [DEcEMB ER 
SYRINGA. 
S. PERSICA L. Persistent by roadside near old garden, Sudbury 
(A. H. Moore, May 28, 1905). Specimens in Gray Herb. and herb. 
N. E. Botanical Club. 
S. VULGARIS L. Persistent and spreading throughout. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
BARTONIA. 
B. paniculata (Michx.) Robiason. Swampy places in Blue Hill 
Reservation and vicinity, rare. 
B. virginica (L.) BSP. Meadows and wet places; frequent, but 
unevenly distributed. Collected in Boston in 1830 by Francis Boott. 
[Centaurium umbellatum Gilib. One station at Concord, 1890, not 
persistent, reported by A. W. Hosmer as Erythraea Centaurium Pers. 
in Ruopona i. 224, 1899.] 
GENTIANA. 
G. Andrewsii Griseb. Moist soil, occasional, but no reports from 
southeastern towns. 
G. clausa Raf. See Fernald, RHODORA xix. 147-149, 1917. Occa- 
sional from Winchester, Concord and Sherborn north. 
G. crinita Froel. Fields and meadows, well distributed throughout 
but becoming rare. Pink and white forms are occasional. 
MENYANTHES. 
M. trifoliata L. Peat-bogs and swamps; frequent from Hingham 
and Needham north. 
NYMPHOIDES. 
N. aquaticum (Walt.) Fernald. Small pond, Wellesley (K. M. 
Wiegand, Aug. 28, 1912). Specimen in herb. Wellesley College. 
N. lacunosum (Vent.) Fernald. Quiet water, frequent. 
SABATIA. 
S. ANGULARIS (L.) Pursh. Moist sandy loam in mowing field, 
Salisbury (Eben True, Sept. 22, 1885). Specimen in herb. Peabody 
Acad. Sci. under the name of S. stellaris Pursh. See Fernald, Ruo- 
