126 Rhodora [JULY 
in bloom at Prospect Hill, Waltham, by H. A. Purdie, Oct. 17, 1907 
(specimen in herb. W. Deane) and at Carlisle, by M. L. Fernald, 
May 21, 1911 (specimen in Herb. Gray). 
V. primulifolia L. Swampy ground, common throughout. 
V. pubescens Ait. Rich woods, occasional. 
V. rotundifolia Michx. Rich woods, occasional in Essex Co., 
also reported from Framingham, S. Braintree and Holbrook. 
V. sagittata Ait. Fields, occasional from Blue Hills northward. 
V. septentrionalis Greene. Fields and open woods; frequent 
north of Boston; only reported southward from Franklin. 
V. sororia Willd. Moist fields and woods; occasional, except in 
southeastern towns. 
V. TRICOLOR L. Gardens and fields, spontaneous and spreading, 
occasional. 
V. triloba Schwein. Rich dry woods, rare. Fifteen stations 
from Norwood northward. 
[V. conNvTA L. was reported from a garden in Lexington by Miss 
M. P. Cook in Ruopona i. 81, 1899, but no specimens are available. 
This was also one of Minot Pratt’s introductions at Concord, along 
with V. rostrata, V. striata, and V. canadensis, but these have all been 
extinct in this region for many years, see RHODORA i. 171, 1899. There 
is in herb. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. a specimen of V. canadensis collected 
in 1822 by Dr. F. Boott, and marked * Boston, U. S. A." It is 
hardly likely that this could have been collected wild in our area 
and some clerical error is suspected.] 
HYBRIDS. 
These reports are all based on actual specimens. Those reported 
by Mr. Forbes were transplanted to his garden in Brookline, and 
are growing there. 
C. Brittoniana Pollard x fimbriatula J. E. Sm. Near Fresh 
Pond, Cambridge (A, Gray, 1843); Needham (C. E. Faxon, May 
1877, W. Deane, June 7, 1884). 
C. Brittoniana Pollard x lanceolata L. Needham, Charles 
River meadows, only one plant found (F. F. Forbes, see RHODORA xi. 
14, 1909). 
V. Brittoniana Pollard x pectinata Bicknell. Charles River 
meadows, Needham and Dedham (F. F. Forbes, June, Aug., Sept., 
