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LINACEZ. 
(FLAX FaMILy.) 
Linum Virginianum, L. 
‘“‘ Very rare. Second pine hill, Lynn” (Tracy). Not represented 
in the county collection at the P. A. S. 
Linum usitatissimum, Z. (ComMMoN Fax.) 
Gloucester (Mrs. J. Babson) ; Salem (G. D. Phippen) ; Newburyport 
(J. R.); and occasionally in various towns. 
GERANIACES. 
. (GERANIUM FamMILyY.) 
Geranium maculatum, Z. (WILD CRANESBILL.) 
Common at the edges of woodlands. 
Geranium Carolinianun, L. 
Essex county, 1824 (Dr. Chas. Pickering); Lynn (Tracy); Salem 
Great Pastures; Danvers (J. H. Sears); Andover (Mrs. Downs). 
Not very common. 
Geranium Robertianum, LZ. (HERB ROBERT.) 
Stated by Josselyn (N. E. Rar., 1672) to have been brought by the 
colonists to New England and considered by Dr. Pickering (Chron. 
Hist. Pl., p. 168) a naturalized plant here. Common in damp rocky 
woods. 

Erodium cicutarium, L’Her. (STORKSBILL.) 
Banks of the Merrimac, near Lawrence, Sept. 1877 (J. R.) ; Saugus, 
May, 1880 (Mr. Smart). (Adv. from Eu.) 
Impatiens fulva, Nutt. (WiLp Batsam.) 
Common in damp shady places. 
Oxalis Acetosella, Z. (Woop-Sorret. ) 
Danvers (Dr. Osgood’s list). There is no specimen preserved of 
this plant and it may be that the O. stricta is intended, yet it is not 
at all improbable that this species should grow in many places in 
the county, although it has not been noticed by other botanists. 
Oxalis violacea, ZL. (VioLET Woop-SoORREL. ) 
Ipswich (Oakes). Rare. 
Oxalis stricta, Z. (YELLOw Woop-SorRrELt. ) 
A common weed in gardens. A variety with deep red leaves is fre- 
quently met with. 
