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Gratiola Virginiana, L. 



Lynn, near Flax pond (Tracy, H. A. Young) ; Lawrence (J. E.) ; 



Andover (Mrs. Downs). Scarce. 

 Gratiola aurea, Muhl. 



Shores of ponds and swamps. Common. There is a white variety 



of this species which grows in Bowler Swamp, Lynn. 



Ilysanthes gratioloides, Benth. (False Pimpernel.) 

 Bowler Swamp, Lynn ; Chebacco, North Andover, Gloucester, etc. 

 Frequent. 



Veronica Anagallis, L. (Water Speedwell.) 



"So thick in many ditches as almost to choke them up. Margins of 

 Breed's pond and similar boggy localities" (Tracy's Lynn Flora). 



Veronica Americana, Schweinitz (V. Beccabunga of Am. Au- 

 thors). 



" Outlet of Mineral spring pond. Perhaps the locality referred to 

 by Higginson" (memo. Dr. Chas. Pickering). 



Veronica scutellata, L. (Marsh Spjkedwbll.) 

 Among other plants in wet places. 



Veronica serpylltfolia, L. 

 Low roadsides and other moist places. 



Veronica peregrina, L. 

 A weed in damp places. 



Veronica arrensis, L. (Corn Speedwell.) 



" Kare. Holmes's mill. Walnut street, Lynn" (Tracy) ; "Salem Great 

 Pastures, 1842" (memo. Rev. J. L. Russell); Danvers (Dr. Os- 

 good's list) ; Essex County (Oakes). Not common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Gerardia purpurea, L., var. paupercula (Gray's Fl. N. A.). 

 Common in wet pastures. Rarely over eight inches high. A variety 

 with white flowers was collected in Salem by Miss S. Russell. 

 " G. purpurea of eastern Massachusetts is probably distinct from that 

 bearing the cam^ name in our Middle States; observed around 

 Philadelphia two feet high with flowers twice as large " (Dr. Chas. 

 Pickering in a letter of July 15, 1875). The typical form does not 

 seem to have been observed here thus far by collectors. 



Gerardia maritima, Baf. 

 Salem, Salisbury, West Gloucester, etc. Salt marshes. Not rare. 



Gerardia tenuifolia, Vahl. 

 Dry hillsides. Frequent. 



Gerardia flava, L. , partly. 

 Lynn (Tracy), Rockport (Pool), Beverly, Andover, Amesbury, 

 Newbury, etc. Frequent on wooded hillsides. 



