1923] Flora of the Boston District, —XL 61 
NICANDRA. 
N. PHYSALODES (L.) Pers. Waste places, occasional. 
NICOTIANA. 
N. BraELovi Wats. Woolwaste, N. Chelmsford (W. P. Alcott, 
July 1, 1879); also Lowell (C. W. Swan) according to Dame & Collins, 
Fl. Middlesex Co. 80, 1888. 
N. LoNGIFLORA Cav. Dump, Granite Ave., Dorchester (N. T. 
Kidder, Oct. 7, 1919). Specimen in herb. N. T. Kidder. : 
N. rustica L. One plant near dump (M. L. Fernald & B. Long, 
Aug. 28, 1913). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
PETUNIA. 
P. AXILLARIS (Lam.) BSP. Occasional in waste land and vacant 
lots. Originally a native of Argentina. 
P. vroLAcEA Lindl. Vacant lots and waste land, rare. 
PHYSALIS. 
All the specimens reported in Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex 
Co., 1888, are here included, though most of the names have been 
superseded. 
P. ANGULATA L. Dump, Cambridge (M. L. Fernald, Sept. 26, 
1908). Specimen in herb. Gray. 
P. heterophylla Nees. Dry fields, frequent. 
P. heterophylla Nees., var ambigua (Gray) Rydb. Meadow and 
waste land, Sherborn (Miss M. L. Loomis, June 19, 1911 et seq.). 
Probably elsewhere. 
P. rxocarpa Brotero. Rubbish heap, Cambridge (W. Deane. 
Sept. 24-25, 1884). Specimen in herb. W. Deane. 
P. LONGIFOLIA Nutt. Waste place, Woburn (F. W. Grigg, Sept. 
6, 1919, Oct. 11, 1921). 
P. PruINosa L. Waste places, doubtfully native; Lowell, Lynn, 
Revere, Cambridge, Boston, Braintree. 
P. subglabrata Mackenzie & Bush. Moist soil, Charlestown (C. 
E. Perkins, Sept. 6, 1911); Medford (C. H. Knowlton, Oct. 3, 1903); 
Newton (F. W. Grigg, Aug. 13, 1895). 
P. viRGINIANA Mill. Woolen mills, Westford (Mrs. J. P. Riese, 
May 30, 1918). Specimen in herb. Gray. 
