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that Glaux maritima has ever been found on the island of Nan- 

 tucket. Nevertheless it may not properly be omitted from the 

 present catalogue since it has been collected in the County of 

 Nantucket on the nearby island of Tuckernuck, where it was 

 found in abundance by Mr. Joseph A. Cushman in 1909 and 1910 

 (Rhodora 13: 105. 1911). A specimen of this collection, kindly 

 given to me by Mrs. Albertson, seems to be quite fairly representa- 

 tive of the smaller-leaved and widely branched typical state of the 

 plant as Mr. Cushman has reported. It is to be noted in this 

 connection that the Faxon specimens labeled for Nantucket, of 

 which there is an excellent sheet in the herbarium of the New 

 York Botanical Garden, are pronounced examples of the obtusifoUa 

 form of the species. 

 Anagallis arvensis L. 



Very common in fields, by roadsides and on brackish sandy 

 shores; often growing thickly in once cultivated tracts and dis- 

 turbed ground. First flowers June 13, 191 1, June 17, 1908, 

 June 20, 1910, June 30, 1912; blooming through September. 



PLUMBAGINACEAE 



LiMONiuM CAROLiNiANUM (Walt.) Britton. 



Common in salt marshes. Some flower buds showing color 

 July 13, 1912; in full flower through September. 



OLEACEAE 

 Syringa vulgaris L. 



Often persisting and spreading about abandoned grounds and 

 by roadsides. In bloom as late as June 12, 1911. 



* FrAXINUS AMERICANA L. 



Among a growth of pines, almost a woodland, on the Surf side 

 road, about a mile from the town, are eight or more white ash 

 trees scattered through an elongated area of perhaps seventy-five 

 yards. In 1907 these trees were from eight to fourteen feet in 

 height, the larger trunks fifteen inches in circumference. Some of 

 them had been at one time chopped off close to the ground and 

 had produced a second growth of tall shoots. This tree is cer- 

 tainly not indigenous to Nantucket and there can be no doubt 



