88 Rhodora [APRIL 
FILAGO. 
F. MINIMA Fries. Weed in cultivated ground, Reading (W. H. 
Manning, September, 1891). Specimen in herb. Gray. Adventive 
from ‘Europe. 
C. H. KNOWLTON Committee on 
WALTER DEANE Local Flora 
HIBISCUS OCULIROSEUS IN Ruope IsLAND.—The discovery of what 
appears to be Hibiscus oculiroseus Britton in a brackish swamp at 
Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, may be an extension of range worth 
recording. On Aug. 19, 1917, the writer found several plants of this 
species sprinkled among hundreds of native Swamp Rose Mallow 
(Hibiscus Moscheutos L.), their white petals with crimson bases in 
striking contrast to the pink petals of the latter. Except for this 
color distinction the general appearance of the two species is similar, 
although there is a technical difference in the shape of the capsules 
and calyx lobes. 
Manuals and local floras give the range of this species as S.E. New 
York, New Jersey and southward, and as far as the writer knows 
Hibiscus oculiroseus has not been reported from New England. 
There is no reason to believe that the plants were purposely intro- 
duced by man. At any rate Hibiscus is a sturdy genus, some species 
adapting themselves to fresh and brackish marshes as well as to the 
drier soil of gardens, and it is probable that these plants will continue 
to exist at this station, unless the entire swamp is destroyed by 
threatened dredging operations for the improvement of the neigh- 
borhood. : 
Specimen filed at the herbarium of the New England Botanical 
Club.—S. N. F. Sanrorp, Boston, Mass. 
Vol. 26, no. 303, including pages 41 to 60 and portrait plate, was issued 
24 April, 1924. 
