242 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



L. saltuensis Fernald. — (J. carolinae 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



Wooded banks, frequent. Sandy flood-plains of the Deerfield and 



Farmington Rivers; flood-plain of the Cold River. Altitude 1900 



feet, Hancock. 



LILIACEAE. LILY FAMILY. 

 ALLIUM. Onion. 



A. canadense L. Wild Onion. — Alluvial ground; occasional in 

 the southern part of the valley. Stockbridge; Sheffield. 



A. tricoccum Ait. Wild Leek. — Rich woods; common on well- 

 drained hillsides. Rare on the plateau, Sandisfield, at an altitude of 

 1500 feet (Walters); 2000 feet, Berry Mt., Hancock; 2500 feet, 

 Greylock. 



ASPARAGUS. Asparagus. 



A. OFFICINALIS L. Asparagus. — Thickets and hedgerows, and 

 along fences; frequent. 



CHAMAELIRIUM. Devil's Bit. 



C. luteum (L.) Gray. Blazing Star. — Dry woods; occasional 

 in the southern part of the valley. Stockbridge; Great Barrington; 

 New Marlboro; Egremont (Robbins); Sheffield. Stockbridge is the 

 most northern known station. 



CLINTONIA. 



C. borealis (Ait.) Raf. Clintonia. — Cool woods, and shaded 

 swamps; common. Summit of Greylock, 3500 feet. 



CONVALLARIA. Lily of the Valley. 



Convallaria majalis L. Lily of the Valley. — A patch, fifteen 

 by twenty yards square, spreading in damp woods, one-eighth of a 

 mile from any house, Williamstown. 



ERYTHRONIUM. Dog's-tooth Violet. 



E. americanuniKer. Adder's Tongue; Dog's-tooth Violet. — 

 Rich woods and low meadows; common. Abundant in moist places 

 on the plateau, altitude 2300 feet (Florida). 



HEMEROCALLIS. Day Lily. 



H. fulva L. Common Day Lily. — Roadside banks; a frequent 

 escape. 



