l88 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



The rose-colored plants almost always grew where they were ex- 

 posed to the direct rays of the sun, but there were numerous white 

 ones, as on previous years, not in the shade of trees. 



Viola lanceolata, L. At Miller's, Lake Co , specimens occur 

 with the serratures of the leaves tipped with reddish glands. 



Lechm thy mifolia, Micks.. (L. Novce-Ccesarece, C. F. Austin, fide 

 W. H. Leggett) This was seen in full bloom Sept. 16, near Tol- 

 leston, Inch, the locality where I first found it. It is not easy to 

 find a Leehed with the tiowers open. The late Mr. Leggett, who is 

 known to have given special attention to them, mentions but one 

 case, that of L. maritime, Leggett, (L. thymifolia, Gray's Manual) 

 seen in bloom at Cotuit, near Cape Cod (Torr. Ball. Oct. 1881). 

 The flowers were abundant on the branches, and made the plants 

 look so different as to be quite pretty objects. The corolla, fully 

 expanded and somewhat wheel-shaped, is about 2 lines in diameter. 

 Petals 3, elliptical, varying irom dark red to purple, paler at the 

 base. Stigmas 3, white, plumose. Rafinesque states that the an- 

 thesis lasts but a few hours, towards noon. These were found just 

 before midday, and soon closed after placing them in the collecting 

 case. — E. J. Hill, Englewood, III. 



Ballast Plants in Boston and Vicinity. 



The preparation of the following list of plants, chiefly ballast 

 species, was suggested to the writer several years ago by the publi-" 

 cation of similar lists by others. Some of these may be found in 

 the Gazette for November, 1876, August, 1877, May, 1878; the 

 Torrey Bulletin for September, 1878, arid November, 1879, and the 

 Proceediw/s of the Phila. Academy of Sciences for 1867, 1877 and 

 1880. 



In all of the lists referred to, the general character of the 

 plants is about the same; that is they are for the most part mere 

 weeds (already widely diffused) from the same localities and repre- 

 senting the same natural orders. So that those who find them 

 hereafter may save themselves some trouble by consulting the lists 

 mentioned, before trying to identify the plants. 



In the large seaports, where these plants are found, there are 

 generally botanical works in the Public Libraries in which will be 

 found most ballast plants plainly enough described. 



They seem to come about equally from the Southern States, S.. 

 Europe and Great Britain; with a few from S. America, the Pacific 

 coast, and the West Indies, and an occasional waif from more 

 remote places. So that many may be found in Chapman's Flora, 

 an}' English handbook, and a German or French Flora. 



The following list represents perhaps two-thirds of the species 

 I found between the years 1877 and 1882 (inclusive), and the plants, 

 excepting those marked with an asterisk -(which were found near. 

 Boston), were found within the city limits, on ballast or ruhbish 



