﻿Bicknell: Ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 43 



Leonurus Cardiaca L. 



Frequent or rather common in barnyards and waste spots, 

 especially in and near the town; Quaise, Pocomo; Madequet. 

 No flowers up to June 21, 1908; freshly in bloom June 28, 1912; 

 past flowering September, 1907. 

 Lamium amplexicaule L. 



An occasional weed in town gardens and sometimes abundant 

 in once cultivated fields in the suburbs; Shawkemo; Quaise. 

 In full flower May 30, 1908; June 3, 1911; June 15, 1910; small 

 closed flowers September 13, 1909, 

 Stachys hyssopifolia Michx. 



Wigwam Pond in Saul's Hills. In full flower August 6, 1906, 

 thriving in water up to six inches in depth, smaller and of less 

 vigorous growth along the shore. I have not myself seen it 

 elsewhere on Nantucket although Mrs. Owen speaks of it as 

 rather common by some of the Polpis ponds. The plant is the 

 typical narrow-leaved form. 



* Salvia officinalis L. 



A single tall plant, nearly past flowering, growing among weeds 

 and briers on Sunset Hill, June 27, 1912. 

 Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. 



Nothing is known of the pennyroyal on Nantucket beyond its 

 inclusion in Mrs. Owen's catalogue. There is not the least 

 improbability in the record, but if the plant grows on the island 

 today it must be extremely rare. It occurs locally on Martha's 

 Vineyard. 



* Melissa officinalis L. 



A few plants in a neglected grassy yard on North Water 

 Street June 11, 191 1, July 7, 1912. Miss Grace B. Gardner writes 

 me that she has also collected this plant on Nantucket. 

 Koellia flexuosa (Walt.) MacM. 



Occurs very sparingly in Squam and also at a station less than 

 a mile east of the town, where it was first found September 15, 

 1899, then in full flower. Here it grew thickly among the rank 

 vegetation about a small pool. 



In the first edition of Gray's manual this species is reported 



