60 Rhodora [APRIL 
Calyx densely pubescent to middle or above on all 
the ribs; Newfoundland and Labrador to 
VIEN E A S 4a. L. nashii trichogonum Blake. 
Calyx 4.3-5.5 mm. long, its lobes 0.4-0.8 mm. long. 
Calyx lobes obtuse to subacute; hairs of calyx ca. 0.5- 
0.6 mm. long; branchlets loosely flowered; Florida. 
5. L. obtusilobum Blake. 
Calyx lobes acute or acutish; hairs of calyx ca. 0.2-0.3 
mm. long; branchlets densely flowered; California, 
BOTE EE oi icons 6 + vanes 6. L. californicum (Boiss.) Heller. 
Calyx limb spreading at maturity; Texas, New Mexico. 
7. L. limbatum Small. 
Bureau or Pranr Inpustry, Washington, D. C. 
REPORTS ON THE FLORA OF THE BOSTON 
DISTRICT,—XL. 
SOLANACEAE. 
DATURA. 
D. INERMIS Jacq. Malden, introduced (F. S. Collins, Aug. 10, 
1881); rubbish heap, Cambridge (W. Deane, Sept. 23, Oct. 2, 1884). 
Adventive from Africa. 
D. Meret L. In shingle at Phillips Beach, Swampscott (C. W. 
Swan, 1888). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
D. METELOIDES DC. Rubbish heap, Cambridge (W. Deane, 
Sept. 17-18, Oct. 14, 1885). Specimen in herb. W. Deane. 
D. STRAMONIUM L. Waste places; occasional, especially in Boston 
and along the coast. 
D. TarurLA L. Waste places, same range as D. Stramonium. 
HYOSCYAMUS. 
H. NIGER L. A rare weed at Ipswich, Westford, Somerville, 
Cambridge and Boston; other reports without specimens cited in 
J. Robinson, Fl. Essex Co. 86, 1880. 
LYCIUM. 
L. CHINENSE Mill. Boston (S. S. Clark, Nov. 10, 1915). Specimen 
in herb. Gray. Native of China. 
L. HALIMIFOLIUM Mill. Persistent and escaping in many places. 
LYCOPERSICUM. 
L. ESCULENTUM Mill. Old gardens and waste places, seldom 
appearing for more than one year and hardly a part of the flora. 
