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JASIONE. 
J. montana L. Gravelly bank, E. Lexington (Miss H. M. Fay, 
Oct. 3-10, 1916); dry soil, cemetery, Sherborn (Miss M. L. Loomis, 
July 31, 1913). Specimens in herb. W. Deane and herb. Boston 
Soc. Nat. Hist. 
SPECULARIA. 
S. perfoliata (L.) A. DC. Dry hillsides and ledges, common. 
LOBELIACEAE. 
LOBELIA. 
L. cardinalis L. Brooks, swamps and pond shores, well distributed 
throughout, but in danger of extermination. 
L. cardinalis L., forma alba (A. A. Eaton) St. John. See RHODORA 
xxi. 217-218, 1919. Lynn, Melrose, Bedford, Needham, Foxboro. 
L. Dortmanna L. Ponds and wet shores, frequent throughout. 
L. inflata L. Open ground in moist or dry soil, common through- 
out. 
[A sheet of L. Kalmii in herb. N. E. Botanical Club, collected by 
E. S. Hoar in 1857 has the double label * Concord, July 8, 1857, or 
Hopkinton Springs, July 11-14, 1857." Both localities and dates are 
unlikely for this species.] 
L. SIPHILITICA L. Introduced in low ground, Cambridge (M. L. 
Fernald, September, 1891). Specimens in herb. Gray and herb. N. 
E. Botanical Club. 
L.spicata Lam. Fields and meadows, frequent throughout. 
C. H. KNOWLTON Committee on 
WALTER DEANE Local Flora. 
THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE SPEARMINT. 
OLIVER A. FARWELL. 
Ir HAS become quite general for American authors to discard the 
name Mentha viridis L. for M. spicata L. when writing of the Spear- 
mint. This application of the name, M. spicata, seems to be unwar- 
