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P. cniciata, L. 



Beading, "Wobum, Bedford, et al. Not abundant. July-Sept. 

 P. verticillata, L- 



Not uncommon. July-Aug. 

 P. polygama, Walt. 



Maiden (F. S. Collins) ; Medford (G. E. Davenport) ; et al. Not 



common except in the eastern towns. July-Aug. 

 " P. paucifolia, Willd. Fringed Poltgala. 



Widely distributed but not abundant. A form with white flowers, 



discovered by Henry M. Pratt at Concord, thrives and spreads at 



the expense of the type. May. 



LEGUMINOS>«. PULSE FAMILY. 



LUPINCS, Tom-n. 



L. perennis, L. Wild Lupine. 

 Rather common, except in the eastern towns. Flowers sometimes 

 white. May-June. 



Ceotalaeia, L. 



C. sagittalis, L. Eattle-box. 

 Chelmsford (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Cambridge (Bigelow's Fl. Host.) ; 

 Winchester, 1853 (Wm. Boott) station still existing; Concord 

 (Minot Pratt) ; Weston, fields, (John L. Russell, 4th Mass. Rep. 

 Agr.) Not common. July-Aug. 



Genista, L. 



G. TINCTOEIA, L. WOAD-WAXEN. DTEE'S WEED. 



Maiden, scarce, but gradually coming in from Essex Co. (F. S. 

 Collins) ; Billerica (C. W. Jenks) ; Framingham (Miss J. W. WU- 

 liams) ; Concord, 40 years ago a patch a rod in diameter, now cov- 

 ering half an acre (F. G. Pratt) ; Cambridge, a large patch has 

 existed for years in an open field off Broadway (Walter Deane), 

 probably the same locality mentioned by Tuckerman, 1841 (Notes, 

 JosselynRareties). June-July. Nat. from Eu. 



Teifolitjm, L. 



T. AEVENSE, L. RABBIT-EOOT CLOVEE. 



Common. July-Aug. Nat. from Eu. 

 T. PEATENSE, L. Red Clover. 

 Everywhere. Sometimes found with white flowers. May-Sept. 

 Nat. from Eu. 



