186 Rhodora [OCTOBER 
U. gibba L. Open peaty places and edges of ponds; occasional, . 
but few reports south of Boston. 
U. inflata Walt. Quiet water, frequent. 
U. intermedia Hayne. Shallow water in pools, ditches and ponds; 
frequent, but few reports south of Boston. 
U. minor L. Shallow water, rare; Wayland, Natick, Jamaica 
Plain, Dedham, Holbrook. 
U. purpurea Walt. Quiet water, well distributed and frequent. 
Especially abundant in the millpond at Easton Furnace (in August). 
U. resupinata B. D. Greene. Moist sand along shores of ponds, 
rare; Bradford, Boxford, Tewksbury, Wilmington, Lincoln, Concord, 
Acton Sherborn. First discovered at Tewksbury by B. D. Greene, 
and described by him in manuscript. First published in Bigelow Fl. 
Bost. 3d ed. 10, 1840. 
U. vulgaris L., var. americana Gray. Stagnant water, common 
throughout. 
OROBANCHACEAE. 
CONOPHOLIS. 
C. americana (L. f.) Wallr. Dry oak woods, parasitic, Middlesex 
Fells [Stoneham] and Blue Hill Reservation, very rare. 
EPIFAGUS. 
E. virginiana (L.) Bart. Parasitic in beech woods, occasional. 
(See Rnopona xvi. 112, 1914.) 
OROBANCHE. 
O. uniflora L. Damp woods and roadsides, parasitic, chiefly on 
roots of large herbs, frequent throughout. 
BIGNONIACEAE. 
CATALPA. 
C. BIGNONIOIDES Walt. Winthrop (Anna T. Young, July 23, 1882); 
wild in Back Bay vacant lots (E. F. Williams et al., Aug. 27, 1910 
et seq.). 
MARTYNIACEAE. 
MARTYNIA. 
M. Louisiana Mill. Boston (C. E. Perkins, 1877). Specimen 
in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
