62 Rhodora [APRIL 
SOLANUM. 
S. CAROLINENSE L. Waste places, rare (12 stations). 
S. CITRULLIFOLIUM A. Br. Old brickyard, Cambridge, many plants 
(M. L. Fernald, Sept. 26, 1908); dump (M. L. Fernald & B. Long, 
Aug. 28, 1913). Specimens in herb. Gray and N. E. Botanical Club. 
S. Dutcamara L. Swamps, brooks and waste places, common 
throughout. 
S. DuLcaMARA L., var. VILLOSISSIMUM Desv. See RHODORA 
xxiv, 202, 1922. Rare, at Groveland, Burlington and Cambridge. 
In Europe this variety grows in drier places than S. Dulcamara. 
S. nigrum L. Rich soil, also in gravel on sea-beaches; frequent 
throughout. 
S. nigrum L., var. DiıLLENII Gray. Dump, W. Cambridge (M. 
L. Fernald, Sept. 26, 1908; M. L. Fernald & B. Long, Aug. 28, 1913). 
Specimens in herb. Gray and N. E. Botanical Club. Native from 
Florida to S. America. 
S. Psrupo-Capsicum L. Dump, Garden St., Cambridge (F. W. 
Grigg & R. A. Ware, Oct. 11, 1919); Fenway, Boston (A. S. Pease, 
Oct. 16, 1906). A tropical species, introduced by florists. 
S. nosrRATUM Dunal. Gardens and waste places, occasional. 
S. SISYMBRUFOLIUM Lam. Rubbish heap, Cambridge (W. Deane, 
Oct. 5, 7, 1884, Sept. 15, 1885; M. L. Fernald & B. Long, Aug. 28, 
1913). 
S. TUBEROSUM L. Waste places, occasional, but hardly a part of 
the flora. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. 
AGALINIS (Purple Gerardia). 
See F. W. Pennell, article in Torreya xix. 205-216, 1919. The 
plants of this genus are at least in part parasitic on herbs. 
A. acuta Pennell. (Gerardia parvifolia of Gray's Manual, 7th ed.). 
Dry sandy soil, Natick (F. F. Forbes, Sept. 17, 1905; Aug. 27, 1908). 
Specimen in herb. Gray. 
A. maritima (Raf.) Raf. Salt marshes, common from Salisbury 
to Duxbury. 
A. paupercula (Gray) Britton. Swamps and meadows, sometimes 
on brackish marshes, common throughout. 
A. purpurea (L.) Pennell. Moist soil, Chelsea, Winthrop, Need- 
ham, Newton; probably more frequent in southern towns, but not 
reported, 
