1923] Flora of the Boston District, —KX XVIII 27 
(Two other species listed by Dr. C. W. Swan in Dame & Collins, 
Fl. Middlesex Co., 77, 1888, are poor specimens, probably hybrids, 
impossible to identify exactly.) 
POLEMONIACEAE. 
GILIA. 
G. INCONSPICUA Dougl. Woolwaste, N. Chelmsford (W. P. Alcott, 
June 23, 1879). Specimen in herb. Peabody Acad. Sci. Adventive 
from California. 
G. LEUCOCEPHALA Gray. Woolwaste, N. Chelmsford (W. P. 
Alcott, May, 1879). Specimen in herb. Peabody Acad. Sci. Ad- 
ventive from California. 
G. MULTICAULIS Benth. Dump, West Cambridge (M. L. Fernald 
& B. Long, Aug. 28, 1913). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
Native of California. 
G. TRICOLOR Benth., var. LONGIPEDICELLATA Greenman in Deane, 
Ruopora, vi. 154, 1904. On wool refuse, Lawrence, June 14, 1900, 
John A. Collins, Jr. Originally described from Mr. Collins's speci- 
men, now in the Gray Herbarium. "The variety is now known also 
from California, whence it was doubtless introduced. Reported in 
Ruopnona, iii. 92, 1901, as G. androsacea Steud. 
PHLOX. 
P. PANICULATA L. Persistent or escaped from gardens at a few 
places. 
P. suBULATA L. Common in old cemeteries and gardens; fre- 
quently escaped from cultivation in sandy soil. 
POLEMONIUM. 
P. OCCIDENTALE Greene. One plant, border of pond, E. Gloucester, 
July, 1914. Specimen in herb. W. Deane. Adventive from Colorado 
and California. 
HYDROPHYLLACEAE. 
ELLISIA. 
E. NvcrELEA L. Border of Parkway, Everett (W. P. RHich, 
June 3, 1902). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
