62 FLORA OF VERMONT 



V. ovata, Nutt. (V. sagittata, of Gray Manual in part.) Dry sandy soil; 

 frequent. 



V. palmata, L. Bine Violet. Rich open woods. Pownal, Robbins, Egrjleston. 



V. palmata, L. var. cucullata, Gray. (V. obliqua. Hill.) Moist or dry 

 ground ; common. A polymorphous group which recent authors are 

 dividing into many species. 



V. pubescens. Ait. Downy Yellow Violet. (Including var. eriocarpa Nutt. ) 

 Rich woods ; common. 



V. pubescens, Ait. var. scabriuscula, Torr. and Gray. (V. scabriuscula, 

 Schwein. ) In moister situations ; frequent. 



V. rostrata^ Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. Rich woods ; common. 



V. rotundifolia, Michx. Round-leaved Violet. Cool moist woods ; frequent, 



V. Selkirkii, Pursh. Rich moist woods, especially in the mountains ; oc- 

 casional. 



V. TRICOI.OR, L. Pansy. Persistent in old gardens. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



DAPHNE 

 D, INIezereum, L. Garden escape, in rocky woods. Burlington, Jones. 



DIRCA 

 D. palustfis, L. Leatherwood. Moist open woods ; frequent. 



AEAGNACEAE 



SHEPHERDIA 

 S. Canadjnsis, Nutt. Red sandstone cliffs, western Vermont ; occasional. 



LTHYRACEAE. LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY 



DECODON 

 D. verticillatus. Ell. Swampy ground ; occasional in western Vermont. 



LYTHRUM. Loosestrife 



L. alatum, Pursh. Charlotte, Pringle. 



L. Salicaria, L. Wet meadows. 'RntXdLini, Bigelow Sindi Eggleston ; Sharon, 

 Jesup and Sargent ; Clarendon, Grout ; Wallingford, Mrs. Flynn. 



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