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HYPERICACEA. 
(St. JOHN’s-woRT FAMILY.) 
Hypericum ellipticum, Hook. 
Wenham swamp, 1824 (Dr. Charles Pickering); Danvers, 1877; 
Boxford (Miss M. E. Perley.) Rare. 
Hypericum perforatum, ZL. (Common St. JOHN’S-woRT.) 
Common. A pretty weed from Europe. 
Hypericum corymbosum, Muhil. 
Georgetown (Mrs. Horner); Haverhill, etc. Scarce. 
Hypericum mutilum, L. 
Very common in wet places. 
Hypericum Canadense, L. 
Shores of ponds and meadows. Very common. 
Hypericum Sarothra, Mich. (PINE-WEED; ORANGE GRASS.) 
Railroad tracks, etc. Common. 
Elodes Virginica, Nutt. (Mars St. JOHN’s-WORT.) 
Quite common in swampy places. 
ELATINACEZ. 
(WATER-WORT FAMILY.) 
Elatine Americana, Arnott. 
_ * Beaver pond, 1869” (memo. Rev. J. H. Russell); Crane pond, 
West Newbury, 1879 (J. R.); Flax pond, Lynn (EK. Faxon). 
CARYOPHYLLACESA. 
(PINK FaMILy.) 
Dianthus barbatus (SwEET WILLIAM. ) 
Danvers, escaped for a number of years (J. H. Sears). (Adv. 
from Eu.) , 
Dianthus Armeria, Z. (DEPTFORD PINK.) 
Quite common in the vicinity of old towns, particularly Salem. 
(Adv. from Eu.) 
Dianthus deltoides, L. 
Appeared in West Newbury as an escaped plant in 1878 (W. P. 
Conant). Prof. Watson, who kindly looked up the species, states 
it has also been sent from Plymouth, N. H. (Adv. from Eu.) 
Saponaria officinalis, Z. (Common SoapworT; BouNcING BET.) 
Common. Both the single and double flowering varieties are fre- 
quent near old gardens, and along roadsides. (Adv. from Eu.) 
