1923] Flora of the Boston District, —XL 63 
A. tenuifolia (Vahl.) Raf. Sandy soil; apparently common, but 
no reports from southern towns. 
ANTIRRHINUM. 
A. MAJUS L. Dump on steep river bank, Newburyport (D. White, 
Sept. 13, 1913); waste place near salt marsh, Nahant (F. W. Grigg, 
Aug. 26, 1911). Native of the Mediterranean region. 
AUREOLARIA. (Yellow Gerardia). 
See F. W. Pennell, article in Torreya xix. 205-16. 1919. 
These plants are at least partly parasitic on roots of oaks and other 
hardwood trees. 
A. flava (L.) Farwell. (Gerardia virginica of Gray's Manual, of 
7th ed.). Dry open woods; apparently well distributed. 
A. pedicularia (L.) Raf. Dry sandy clearings and borders of woods, 
common. 
A. virginica (L ) Pennell. (Gerardia flava of Gray's Manual, 7th 
ed.). Rich open woods; not reported from southeastern towns, but 
frequent elsewhere. 
CASTILLEJA. 
C. coccinea (L.) Spreng. Meadows and swamps, rare; from Box- 
ford, Andover, Dracut and Dunstable south to Franklin, but not 
known on the coast nor in Plymouth Co. Yellow form even more 
rare. 
CHELONE. 
C. glabra L. Swamps and low ground around brooks; common 
throughout. 
DIGITALIS. 
D. LANATA Ehrh. Waste heap, Rowley (Miss H. R. Towne, July 
20, 1918; J. D. Sornborger, 1918). Specimens in herb. Gray and 
Peabody Acad. Sci. Native in the Danube region and in Greece. 
D. PURPUREA L. Escape in open woods near leaf-dump, W. Man- 
chester (F. T. Hubbard, June 23, 1913). Specimen in herb. N. E. 
Botanical Club. 
GRATIOLA. 
G. aurea Muhl. Wetsandy shores of fresh water, common through- 
out. White form occasional. 
