53 

 HALORAGE^. 



(Watbr-Milfoil Family.) 



Myriophyllum spicatum, L. 

 Pleasant pond, Wenliam ; and some others. 



Myriophyllum ambiguum, Nutt. 



Var. natans. 



"Breed's pond, Lynn" (Tracy). 



Var. capillaceum. 



" Rocky pond hole in Marshall's pasture, Lynn" (Tracy) ; George- 

 town (J. H. Sears). Not rare. 



Var. limosum. 

 Danvers, Dr. Nichols (Bigelow's Fl. Bost. 2d ed., 1824, under M. 

 procumbens). 



Myriophyllum tenellum, Bigelow. 

 Chebacco pond; Pleasant pqnd, Wenham^ Wenham pond; "Dan- 

 vers" (Dr. Osgood's list). Frequent. 



Proserpinaca palustris, L. (Mermaid-weed.) 

 Not uncommon in wet places. 



OITAGBACEiE. 



(Evening-Primrose Family.) 



Ciresea Lutetiana, L. (Enchanter's Night shade.) 



Common in damp shady places. 

 Ciresea alpiua, L. 



In similar places to the last, nearly as eommon. 



Epilobium spicatum, Lam., Epiloblum angustifolium, L. (Gray's 



Manual.) (Willow-herb.) 



Very common in gravelly soil, and particularly so in places recently 



burnt over; hence, often wrongly called "fire weed," the common 



name for Erechthites. 

 Epilotaium. palustre, L., var. lineare. 



Essex County (G. D. Phippen, Dr. Pickering). Not represented 



in the collection at the P. A. S. 

 Epilobium m.olle, Torr. 



"Once in a pasture at Wenham, 1824" (letter from Dr. Charles 



Pickering). Not in the P. A. S. collection. 

 Epilotaium coloratum, Muhl. 



Very common in damp places and exceedingly variable in form. 



