64 MIDDLESEX FLORA. 



ILICINE/^. (AQUlFOLIACEy^, MAN.) 



Ilex, L. 



I. verticillata, Gray. Black Alder. Winterberry. 



Common. June. 

 I. -laevigata, Gray. Smooth Winterberry. 



Arlington, Cambridge and Lexington (Wm. Boott) ; Concord 



(Minot Pratt). Scarce. June. 



Nemopanthes, Eaf. 



N. Canadensis, DC. Mountain Holly. 

 Rather common. May. 



PLANTAGINACE/E. PLANTAIN FAMILY. 



Plantago, L. 



p. MAJOR, L. Plantain. 



Very common. June-Sept. Nat. from Eu. A form with panicled 

 inflorescence found in Cambiidge by C. E. Eicliardson is repre- 

 sented in the county herbarium. A form with very large thin 

 leaves, lower side scabrous, found in Medford, 1866, by Wm. Boott, 

 is in the Gray Herb. Nat. from Eu. 



P. Rugelii, Decne. (P. Kamtschatica of the Man.) 

 June-Sept. Very common, and usually confounded with the last 

 species, from which it is distinguished by commonly thinner leaves, 

 with often reddish petioles, longer and more tapering spikes, 

 narrower oblong sepals, capsules opening below the middle, and 

 seeds without reticulation. 



P. decipiens. Barn. (P. maritima, L., var. juncoides, Gray. 

 Man.) Seashore Plantain. 

 Common on salt marshes. 



P. lanceolata, L. Ribgrass. English Plantain. 

 Common. June-July. Nat. from Eu. 



P. Patagonica, Jacq., var. spinulosa. Gray. 

 Somerville (C E. Perkins). Adv. from farther West. 

 "A canescent form with aristately prolonged and rigid bracts." 

 Syn. Fl. N. A. 



P. Patagonica^ Jacq., var. aristata, Gray. 

 Maiden (F. S. Collins). Adv. from farther West. 



