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bloom, the calyx remaining prominent upon the berry. Low forms 

 with a similar berry are also found. 

 Var. atroooccum. 

 A very distinct form with smaller, flesh-colored flowers and very 

 dark berries without a bloom. The calyx not prominent. Common. 



Chiogenes hispidula, Torr. <Sb Gray. (Creeping Snowberry.) 

 Pleasant pond, Wenham (Dr. Charles Pickering) ; Georgetown 

 (Mrs. Horner') ; Essex and Middleton woods, etc. Rather rare. 



Arctostaphylos TTva-ursi, Spreng. (Bbarbbrry.) 

 Peabody, Gloucester, Andover, Lynn. Exposed rocky hills. Fre- 

 quent. A variety with red flowers is collected by Mrs. Horner. 



Epigsea repens, L. (May flower.) 

 Near Ship-rock, Peabody, 1860; Lawrence; Gloucester (once very 

 abundant) ; Topsfield, Boxford ; several places in Salisbury (J. G. 

 Whittier, Proc. E. I., Vol. Ill) ; Haverhill (Mrs. Downs) ; Marble- 

 head Neck (Ed. Marblehead Messenger, G. F. Flint). The careless 

 manner in which collectors gather this plant is the cause of its en- 

 tire disappearance in many localities, and its scarcity in others. 



Gaultheria procumbens, L. (Checkbkberry.) 

 Woods. Common. 



Leucothoe racemosa, Gray. 

 "Near Mineral spring pond or by Tapley's brook" (Dr. Chas. Pick- 

 ering) ; Danvers (Dr. Osgood's list) ; Magnolia Swamp, Gloucester 

 (Proc. E. I., Vol. II, p. 35). Kare. 



Cassandra calyoulata, Don. 

 Borders of boggy ponds. Common. A charming spring flower, the 

 buds opening in winter in the house, if collected in December. 



Andromeda polifolia, L. 



Cedar pond, Wenham, 1824 (Dr. Chas. Pickering). Rare. This 

 station still exists. 

 Andromeda ligustrina, Muhl. 

 Common. Damp woods and roadsides. 



Clethra alnifolia, L. (Clethra.) 

 Roadsides. Common. A form only "a few inches high with ra- 

 cemes of full size " was found at Rockport by Mr. G. D. Phippen. 



Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. (Heather.) 

 Discovered at Tewksbury (see Ana. Nat. Vol. X, Aug. 1876) a very 

 short distance from the county line by Jackson Dawson, about 18(55. 

 This station would be considered small even for the most scarce 

 plants. In 1876, a single plant was noticed, in Andover, by William 



