60 Rhodora [Marcu 
B. cernua L. Swamps and wet places; not reported southeast of 
Blue Hills and Hingham, but frequent elsewhere. 
B. cernua L., var. elliptica Wiegand. See Torr. Bull. xxvi. 
417-418, 1899; Ruopora xxiv. 206-207, 1922. Occasional north of 
Boston, also at Sharon. 
B. cernua L., var. oligodonta Fernald & St. John. See RHODORA 
xvii. 25, 1915. Fleshy form near salt water, Watertown (F. S. Collins, 
Aug. 24, 1886). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
B. comosa (Gray) Wiegand. Rich moist soil, rare (eight stations). 
B. connata Muhl. Moist soil, common. 
B. connata Muhl., var. fultior Fernald & St. John. See RHODORA 
xvii. 24, 1915. Shore of Lake Massapoag, Sharon (E. F. Williams, 
Sept. 10, 1899). Specimen in herb. Gray. 
B. connata Muhl., var. petiolata (Nutt.) Farwell. See RHODORA 
x. 197-200, 1908. Occasional from Salisbury to Duxbury along the 
coast, inland to Concord and Needham. 
B. coronata (L.) Britton. (Includes B. trichosperma (Michx.) 
Britton and var. tenuiloba (Gray) Britton. Bot. Gaz. 56, 495, 1913). 
Swamps. Common and very abundant in Essex County, also along 
the Neponset and its tributary brooks in Norfolk County, and at 
Easton and Raynham in Bristol County; occasional in Middlesex 
County. 
C. H. KNowrrow | Committee on 
WALTER DEANE J Local Flora. 
Vol. 26, no. 302, including pages 25 to 40, was issued 19 March, 1924. 
