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Ilex glabra, Gray. (Inkberet.) 

 Magnolia Swamp, Wenham Swamp, Rockport (C. W. Pool), etc. 

 Not very common, yet abundant where it grows at all. 



Hemopanthes Canadensis, DC. (Mountain Holly.) 

 Wet places in the woods. Quite common. 



PLANTAGINACE^. 



(Plantain Family.) 



Plantago major, L. (Common Plantain.) 

 A cosmopolitan weed. 



Plantago Kugelii, Decaisne. (Red stemmed Plantain.) 

 This species, which nearly every one takes to be a variety of the 

 common plantain, is not found in the old world, but is very common 

 here, and is considered to be a native plant. The leaves are light 

 green and smooth, the capsules longer than those of the last, and 

 the bases of the petioles are distinctly red. It will be found in 

 Gray's Manual under P. Kamtschatica. 



Plantago deeipiens, Barneoud. Plantago maritima, L., var. jun- 

 coides. (Gray's Manual.) (Seashore Plantain.) 

 Frequent on the shore ou rocks, sand and salt marshes. The true 

 P. maritima grows north of the St. Lawrence and on the Pacific 

 coast. 



Plantago lanceolata, L. (Ribgrass ; English Plantain.) 

 Common in fields. (Nat. from Eu.) 



PLTJMBAGINACEiEJ. 



(Leadwort Family.) 



Statice Iiimonium, L., var. Caroliniana. (Marsh-Rosemary.) 

 Salt marshes. Common. Much used in a dry state for winter dec- 

 orations. It is now sold at the street corners in Boston with the 

 Lygodium and grasses. 



PRIM:ULACE.ai. 



(Primrose Family.) 



Trientalis Americana, Fursh. (Star-flower.) 

 Woods. Common. 



Lysimachia thyrsiflora, L. (Tufted Loosestrife.) 

 Borders of ponds. Not very common. 



