1923] Flora of the Boston District, —X X XVIII 29 
mustard, and the second specimen was secured with difficulty." 
Specimen in herb. N. T. Kidder. Native of Mediterranean region. 
A. OFFICINALIS L. See Ruopora, xviii. 50-51, 1916. Waste land, 
rather common in Fenway district of Boston since 1897; dump area, 
Cambridge (R. A. Ware & F. W. Grigg, Oct. 11, 1919); W. Cambridge 
(F. S. Collins, Aug. 20, 1911). 
ASPERUGO. 
A. PROCUMBENS L. Adventive in waste land; Newburyport, Salem, 
Malden, Somerville, S. Boston. 
BORAGO. 
B. orriciNALIS L. Persistent in an old garden at Danvers (J. H. 
Sears, Aug. 10, 1904); Lowell (J. A. Lowell, 1848). Introduced from 
southern Europe or western Asia for its handsome flowers. 
CRYPTANTHA. 
C. INTERMEDIA (Gray) Greene. Woolwaste, N. Chelmsford (W. P. 
Alcott, 1878). Specimen in herb. Peabody Acad. Sci. Native of 
California and adjacent Mexico. 
CYNOGLOSSUM. 
(C. boreale Fernald. There is a specimen in the herbarium of the 
Boston Society of Natural History with the indefinite label “ Boston, 
U. S. A., 1822. Rec'd from Dr. Boott, 11 Dec. 1822.’’) 
C. umicRoGLocHIN Benth. Rubbish heap, Cambridge (W. Deane, 
Sept. 24, 1884). Specimen in herb. W. Deane. Native of the 
western Himalaya Mts. 
C. oFFICINALE L. Waste places, occasional west and north of 
Boston, especially near woolen mills. 
ECHIUM. 
E. AUSTRALE Lam. About a dump, Cambridge (M. L. Fernald & 
Bayard Long, Aug. 28, 1913). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical 
Club. Native in the Mediterranean region. 
E. vuLGARE L. Waste places especially near woolen mills; frequent 
west and north of Boston, also at Brockton. 
HELIOTROPIUM. 
H. ANCHUSAEFOLIUM Poir. Vacant lots, Huron Ave., Cambridge 
(E. F. Williams, Sept. 3, 1910). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical 
