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HYPERICACBiE. 

 (St. John's-wokt Family.) 



Hjrpericuni eUipticum, Booh. 



Wenham swamp, 1824 (Dr. Charles Pickering); Danvers, 1877; 



Boxford (Miss M. B. Perley.) Eare. 

 Hypericum perforatum, L. (Common St. John's-woet.) 



Common. A pretty weed ftom Europe. 

 Hypericum corjrmbosum, Muhl. 



Georgetown (Mrs. Horner) ; Hayerhill, etc. Scarce. 

 Hypericum. m.utilum., X. 



Very common in wet places. 

 Hypericum Canadense, L. 



Shores of ponds and meadows. Very common. 

 Hypericum Sarothra^ JlficTix. (Pine-weed; Orange grass.) 



Kailroad tracks, etc. Common. 



Elodes Vlrginica, Nutt. (Marsh St. John's-wort.) 

 Quite common in swampy places. 



ELATI]!J-ACE.ai. 



(Water- wort Family.) 



Elatine Americana, Amott. 

 "Beaver pond, 1869" (memo. Rev. J. H. Russell); Crane pond, 

 West Newbury, 1879 (J. B.) ; Flax pond, Lynn (E. Faxon). 



CAB,YOPHTLLACE.ffil. 



(Pink Family.) 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William.) 



Danvers, escaped for a number of years (J. H. Sears). (Adv. 



from Eu.) 

 Dianthus Armeria, L. (Dbptford Pinz.) 



Quite common in the vicinity of old towns, particularly Salem. 



(Adv. from Eu.) 

 Dianthus deltoides, L. 



Appeared in West Newbury as an escaped plant in 1878 (W. P. 



Conant). Prof. Watson, who kindly looked up the species, states 



it has also been sent from Plymouth, N. H. (Adv. from Eu.) 



Saponaria o£Q.cinalis, L. (Common Soapwort; Bouncing Bet.) 

 Common. Both the single and double flowering varieties are fre- 

 quent near old gardens, and along roadsides. (Adv. from Eu.) 



