1923] Farwell,—Corallorrhiza maculata Raf. 3l 
SYMPHYTUM. 
S. ASPERUM Lepechin. See J. F. Macbride, RHODORA, xviii. 23-5, 
1916. Salem (J. H. Sears, June 10, 1904); Andover (A. S. Pease, 
July 6, 1901); Sherborn (Miss M. L. Loomis, July, 1909); Dump, 
S. Natick (K. M. Wiegand & M. Heatley, June 30, 1908); Lexington, 
well established near Munroe Station, according to M. P. Cook in 
Ruopnona, i. 82, 1899. 
S. OFFICINALE L. Moist places, frequent. 
VERBENACEAE. 
VERBENA. 
V. BRACTEOSA Michx. Waste lands, especially near textile mills; 
Lowell, Malden, Cambridge, S. Boston. 
V. hastata L. Swamps and wet places, common throughout. 
V. nisPIDA Ruiz & Pavon. About dumps, Cambridge (A. S. Pease, 
Oct. 16, 1908; W. Deane et al., Aug. 28, 1913). A South American 
waif. 
V. orFICINALIS L. Rowley (Wm. Oakes, no date); S. Boston (C. E. 
Perkins, Sept. 27, 1880). 
V. stricta Vent. Lawrence, waste heap (M. E. Gutterson, Aug. 6, 
1902; A. S. Pease, Sept. 23, 1902). 
V. urticaefolia L. Roadsides and moist places, common through- 
out. 
C. H. KNowLTON 
Warna Padi | Committee on Local Flora. 
CORALLORRHIZA MACULATA RAF. 
O. A. FARWELL. 
In Ruopora for August, 1922, Dr. H. H. Bartlett, of the Botanical 
Garden, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, presents a highly 
interesting paper on the color types of this species, attributing them 
to anthocyanins and glucosides of the flavonal group and maintaining 
that these types are genetical entities and not mere variations due 
to environment, and therefore of greater permanence and categori- 
cal value. The specific type is named var. punicea; the yellow type 
= var. flavida (Peck) as a new combination; and the intermediate 
