74 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATT'RAL HISTORY. 
[S. MEDIA (L.) Cyrill., ssp. neglecta Weihe. Theo. Holm, in the 
Ottawa Nat. xv. 37-41 (1901), records this from Sahle Island, basing 
it on ./. Macotin's collection (C. no. 2],ir)4). I have examined this 
specimen and can see no justification for separatinj,^ it from N. mcdid^ 
[S. MEDIA (L.) Cyrill., var. procera Klett & Richter. Recorded 
in Gray's Man. ed. 7, 382 (1908), is to he treated as »S. vicdla.] 
Cerasthtm vflgatum L. Established on the dry dunes near the 
Life Saving Stations. J. Macowi; H. St. John, no. 1,231 (H); //. 
S. Glazi'brook (H). 
Fl. — June to August. Fr. — August. 
SiLENE noctiflora L. A Weed at Life Saving Station No. 3. 
//. St. John, no. 1,232 (H). 
Fr. — September. 
PORTULACACEAE. 
[MoNTiA FONTAXA L. Listed by J. Macoun, but the specimen is 
Tillaea aquatica.] 
PoRTULACA OLERACEA L. A Weed, observed in the garden of the 
Main Life Saving Station. 
NYMPHAEACEAE. 
Nymphozanthus variegatus (Engelm.) Fernald. See Rhodora, 
xxi. 187 (1919). Abundant in the small ponds which at all times are 
absolutely isolated from the sea. J. Macoun (C. no. 21,142); H. 
St. John, no. 1,233 (H). 
FL — July and August. Fr. — August. 
[NuPHAR ADVENA Ait. All records from the island are to be con- 
sidered as Nymphozanthus variegatti^.] 
RANUNCULACEAE. 
Ranunculus Cymbalaria Pursh. Common on the brackish 
beaches. J. Macoun (C. no. 21,130); //. St. John, no. 1,234 (H). 
FL, Fr. — July to September. 
[R. Cymbalaria Pursh, var. alpinus Hook, recorded by J. Ma- 
coun. The specimen is better treated as R. Cymbalaria.] 
