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Nymphsea odorata, Ait. (Water-Lily.) 

 Common in ponds and slow streams. Very pink flowers are col- 

 lected in shallow ponds at Gloucester and Danvers, but not to be 

 compared to the pink lilies from Barnstable, Mass. 



Var. minor, Sims. 

 Apparently nothing more than a small form of the common pond- 

 lUy with smaller leaves and flowers, the petals and sepals being 

 more obtuse. Common in Chebacco and some other ponds. 



Nuphar advena. Ait. (Yellow Pond-Lily; Cow-Lily.) 

 Very abundant. The small nuphar ought to be found in some of 

 our ponds. 



SARBACEK"IACE^. 



(Pitchbr-Plant Family.) 



Sarracenia purpxirea, L. (Pitcher-Plant ; Side-saddle Plower.) 

 Quite common in bogs. An interesting variety with yellowish 

 green flowers ; has been found in Beverly for a number of years by 

 Wm. D. Silsbee. The writer found an abnormal condition of this 

 plant at North Beading, June, 1&72, bearing two flowers consisting 

 of many rows of sepals, one circle within another. 



PAPAVEKACE^. 



(Poppy Pamily.) 



Chelidonium majua, L. (Celandine.) 

 A common weed near dwellings. " Introduced from Europe prior 

 to 1669 (see Josselyn Ear.)" (Dr. Charles Pickering, Chron. Hist. 

 PI., p. 242). 



Sanguinaria Canadensis, L. (Blood-root.) 

 Frequent in rocky and shady places. 



Argemone Mexicana, L. (Prickly Poppy.) 

 On the road to Flax Pond, Lynn, 1879 (Herbert A. Young). Intro- 

 duced from tropical America. Not permanently established. 



FUMARIACEJ3a. 



(Fumitory Family.) 



Adlumia cirrhosa, JJa/. (Climbing Fumitory.) 

 Introduced into gardens from the west. It freely perpetuates 

 itself by seeds and is now and then found escaped. 



