62 FLORA OF VERMONT 



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



frequent. 

 V. palmata, L. Blue Violet. Rich open woods. Pownal, Robbins, Eggleston. 



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. tricolor, L. Pansy. Persistent in old gardens. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



DAPHNE 

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



DIRCA 

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



AEAGNACEAE 



SHEPHERDIA 

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



LTHYRACEAE. LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY 



DECODON 

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



LYTHRUM. Loosestrife 



L. aiatum, Pursh. Charlotte, Pringle. 



L. Salicaria, L. Wet meadows. Rutland, Bigelow and Eggleston; Sharon, 

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



