94 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



P. decipiens Barneoud. Common on the brackish beaches of 

 Wallace Lake and the brackish ponds. Listed by J. Macoun; and 

 H. T. Gussow. H. St. John, no. 1,322 (H). 



Fly Fr. August. 



RUBIACEAE. 



Galium trifidum L. Very common in the wet dune hollows and 

 along the swampy borders of the fresh-water ponds. J. Macoun 

 (C. no. 81,150); H. T. Gussow (E); H. St. John, no. 1,324 (H). 



FL, Fr. August and September. 



[G. TINCTORIUM L., of J. Macoun and H. T. Gussow is G. trifi- 

 dum.] 



G. Clayton! Michx. In the wet dune hollows. H. St. John, no. 

 1,323 (H). 

 FL, Fr. August. 



Mitchella repens L. Uncommon and local, on turf-covered 

 dunes. J. Dwight, Jr., records this (D. p. 13). Listed by J. Ma- 

 coun; and H. T. Gussow. H. St. John, no. 1,325 (H). 



Fr. August. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



Lonicera caerulea L., var. calvescens Fernald & Wiegand, Rho- 

 dora, xii. 210 (1910). On the turf-covered dunes. Collected by 

 J. Dwight, Jr.; and J. Macoun (C. no. 22,491). 



Not observed in flower or fruit. 



Linnaea borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Render. Creep- 

 ing between the stems of the prostrate Junipers and Empetrum where 

 they form a thick turf on the low dunes. Listed by /. Macoun; 

 and H. T. Gussow. H. St. John, no. 1,326 (H). 



Not observed in flower or fruit. 



Viburnum cassinoides L. Occasional on the turf-covered dunes. 

 J. B. Gilpin wrote in 1858 (G. p. 18), "The usual shrubs are dwarf t 

 to a few inches; * * * [the] low with-wood would not afford a 

 riding cane." Listed by J. Macoun; and H. T. Gussow. H. St. 

 John, nos. 1,327 and 1,328 (H). 



Not observed in flower or fruit. 



