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(Flax Fajiily.) 



Limim Virginiamim, i. 



"Very rare. Second pine hill, Lynn" (Tracy). Not represented 



in the county collection at the P. A. S. 

 Iiinum usltatissimum, L. (Common Flax.) 



Gloucester (Mrs. J. Babson) ; Salem (G. D. Phippen) ; Newburyport 



(J. R.) ; and occasionally in various towns. 



GEBA]!TIACE^. 



(Geranium Family.) 



Geramiiin maculatum, L. (Wild Cranesbill.) 



Common at the edges of woodlands. 

 Geranium Carolimanum, i. 



Essex county, 1824 (Dr. Chas. Pickering) ; Lynn (Tracy) ; Salem 



Great Pastures ; Danvers (J. H. Sears) ; Andover (Mrs. Downs). 



Not very common. 

 Geranltuu Bobertianum, L. (Herb Egbert.) 



Stated by Josselyn (N. E. Ear., 1672) to have been brought by the 



colonists to New England and considered by Dr. Pickering (Chron. 



Hist. PI., p. 168) a naturalized plant here. Common in damp rocky, 



woods. 



Erodium cicutarium, VHer. (Storksbill.) 

 Banks of the Merrimac, near Lawrence, Sept. 1877 (J. E.) ; Saugus, 

 May, 1880 (Mr. Smart). (Adv. from Eu.) 



Impatiens fulva, Nutt. (Wild Balsam.) 

 Common in damp shady places. 



Oxalis Aoetosella, L. (Wood-Sorrel.) 

 Danvers (Dr. Osgood's list). There is no specimen preserved of 

 this plant and it may be that the O. stricta is intended, yet it is not 

 at all improbable that this species should grow in many places in 

 the county, although it has not been noticed by other botanists. 



Oxalis violacea, L. (Violbt Wood-Sorrel.) 

 Ipswich (Cakes). Bare. 



Oxalis stricta, L. (Yellow Wood-Sorrel.) 

 A common weed in gardens. A variety with deep red leaves is ftCr 

 quently met with. 



