28 MIDDLESEX FLORA. 



D. ciliare, DC. 



Bedford and Dracut (Dr. 0. W. Swan); Concord (Minot Pratt). 

 Rare. Aug. 

 D. Marilandicum, Boott. 

 Widely distributed, but not common. Aug. 



Lespedbza, Michx. Bush Cloteb. 



L. repens, Bart. ; including L. procumbens, Michx., Man. 

 Medford (G. E. Davenport) ; Maiden (H. L. Moody) ; Framing- 

 ham (Rev. J. H. Temple); Waltham (Wm. Boott). Aug.-Sept. 



L, violacea, Pers. (L. violacea, Pers., var. divergens, Man.) 

 Maiden (F. S. Collins) ; Woburn (L. L. Dame). Aug. 



L. reticulata, Pers. (L. violacea, Pers., var. sessiliflora, Man.) 

 Bather common. Aug. 



L. reticulata, Pers., var. augustifolia, Maxim. (L. violacea, 

 Pers., var. augustifolia, Man.) 



Lowell, Groton, Westford and Woburn (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Med- 

 ford (G. E. Davenport) ; Newton (Wm. Boott). Aug. 



L. Stuvei, Nutt. 

 Hopkinton (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Bedford (Edwin Faxon) ; Arlington 

 (Mrs. P. D. Richards); Westford (Miss Emily F. Fletcher). Not 

 common. Aug. 



L. hirta, Ell. 

 Common. Aug.-Sept. 



L. capitata, Michx. 

 Common. Aug.-Sept. 



ViCiA, Tourn. 



V. SATivA, L. Common Vetch. Take. 



Rather common. June-July. Nat. from Eu. 

 V. tetrasperma, Lois. 



Lowell, " dumps " (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Arlington (Mrs. P. D. 



Richards) . Adv. from Eu. 

 V. hirsuta, Koch. 



LoweU, "dumps " (Dr. C. W. Swan). Adv. from Eu. 

 V. Cracca, L. 



Dracut, roadside (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; Everett and Maiden (P. S. 



Collins) ; Concord (Thoreau) ; et al. Not very common. July. 



Laththus, L. 



L. palustris, L. Marsh Vetchling. 

 Cambridge (C. E. Perkins) ; Medford (F. S. Collins) ; Wilmington 

 (Wm. Boott). June-July. 



