BiCKNELL : Ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 29 



Typical examples appear very distinct from Bochmeria cylin- 

 drica but the two plants seem to run together and may prove to be 

 ' only extreme conditions of one species. 



Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl. 



Mrs. Owen's list records ^'some half dozen" plants found in 

 1879 on Coatue " in beach sand close to a boulder near the water's 



edge." 



SANTALACEAE 



COMANDRA UMBELLATA (L.) Nutt. 



Very common over the moorland, especially in the southeast 

 quarter of the island. Some plants still in flower June 13. 



