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Epilobium hirsutum, L. 
Appeared in old gardens and waste heaps in Salem about 1860, and 
still continues in some places. 
GSnothera biennis, Z. (EVENING PRIMROSE.) , 
Very common and variable. 
Var. grandiflora is often met with in cultivation, occasionally 
in a wild state, its size is probably the result of rich soil, the flowers 
often being four inches in diameter. 
Var. parviflora. In gravelly soil. 
Var. cruciata. ‘E. R. R. read-bed in Wenham or North Beverly, 
1870” (G. D. Phippen). 
Génothera fruticosa, L. (SUNDROPS.) 
Beverly Farms (John C. Phillips). Perhaps introduced. A beau-. 
tiful plant for cultivation. 
Ginothera pumila, L. ; 
Common. About as variable as CH. biennis. Delicate specimens 
only a few inches high, and stout ones three feet tall, have been 
found; the latter may have been from the biennial roots spoken of 
in Gray’s Manual. 
Ludwigia alternifolia, Z. (SEED-BOx.) 
North Andover (Russell); Amesbury (J. R.); Lynn (Tracy). 
Rather scarce. 
Ludwigia palustris, Z. (WATER PURSLANE.) 
‘Muddy places. Quite common. 
MELASTOMACEA. 
(MELASTOMA FAMILY.) 
Rhexia Virginica, ZL. (Mrapow-Brauvty.) 
Borders of ponds and swampy places. Not very common except 
in*the central and northern portions of the county. 
LYTHRACEZ:. 
(LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY.) 
Ammannia humilis, Michx. 
‘¢Danvers, 1818, Dr. Nichols (Oakes in Hovey’s Mag. Vol. XIII); 
' “muddy strand and dry pools, Humphrey’s pond” (memo. Dr. Chas. 
Pickering). 

