1924] Flora of the Boston District,—XLII 15 . 
SHERARDIA. 
S. ARVENSIS L. Newburyport (J. H. Sears, June, 1887; E. Moulton, 
no date); Parker Hill, Roxbury (C. E. Faxon, June, 1877); Boston 
(C. J. Sprague, 1853). 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 
DIERVILLA. 
D. FLORIDA Sieb. & Zucc. Open ledgy hilltop at least one-half 
mile from nearest house, Conomo Drive, Essex (F. T. Hubbard, 
June 14, 1913); by old house, Randolph Ave., Blue Hill Reservation 
(N. T. Kidder, June 17, 1819). A cultivated species introduced 
from northern China. 
D. Lonicera Mill. Dry woods and rocky places, common. 
LINNAEA. 
L. borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. Rich woods, 
frequent in Essex Co., especially on Cape Ann; occasional elsewhere 
from Arlington and Dover northward. 
LONICERA. 
L. caerulea L., var. calvescens Fernald & Wiegand. See RHODORA 
xii. 210, 1910. Swamps, common from Needham, Sherborn and 
Framingham to Franklin and Wrentham, also at Medford. Especially 
abundant in Sharon. 
L. caerulea L., var. villosa (Michx.) Torr.& Gray. The same habitat 
reported from Framingham, Dedham, Sharon, Walpole, Medfield, 
Norfolk, Medway. 
L. canadensis Marsh. Rich woods, rare; Haverhill, Hamilton, 
Manchester, Beverly, Littleton, Sherborn; Framingham, according 
to Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 43, 1888. 
[L. hirsuta Eat. Damp rocky woods, Sudbury, according to George 
B. Emerson. Report on trees and shrubs growing naturally in Massa- 
chusetts, 355-7, 1846. Specimen not seen.] 
L. JAPONICA Thunb. Rich woods at Wellesley, Sherborn and 
also in Blue Hill Reservation; probably elsewhere. 
L. Morrow1 Gray. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and 
thickets at Salem, Swampscott, Arlington, Blue Hill Reservation, 
Boston, Holbrook, and Halifax. 
