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CAULOPHYLLUM. Blue Cohosh. 



C. thalictroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh. — Rich woods; 

 common in the valleys. Altitude 2500 feet, Greylock. 



PODOPHYLLUM. May Apple; Mandrake. 



P. peltatum L. May Apple; Mandrake. — Fence corners and 

 rich woods; occasional and undoubtedly native in the southern and 

 western parts of the County. Cheshire (Winslow); Hancock; 

 meadow, West Pittsfield (Chiu-chill) ; Stockbridge; WestStockbridge; 

 Tyringham; New Marlboro (Walters); Becket (Fernald and Knowl- 

 ton), probably introduced. 



LAURACEAE. laurel FAMILY. 

 BENZOIN. Wild Allspice; Fever Bush. 



B. aestivale (L.) Nees. Spice Bush. — Swampy woods; occa- 

 sional in the valley. Williamstown; Cheshire (Winslow); Lenox; 

 Stockbridge; Sandisfield; New Marlboro; Sheffield. 



SASSAFRAS. Sassafras. 



S. officinale Nees & Eberm. Sassafras. — (S. Sassafras 111. Fl. 

 ed. 2 in part; S. variifolium Man. ed. 7. Vid. Rhodora, 20: 99, 

 1918.) 



Dry woods; occasional in the southern part of the valley and in 

 Williamstown (Churchill). 



var. albidum (Nutt.) Blake. — (var. alhidum Man. ed. 7; vid. 

 Rhodora 15: 16, 1913, and 20: 99, 1918.) 



Dry woods, especially on rocky slopes; frequent in the southern 

 part of the valley. 



Leaves nearly or quite glabrous from the first; the bark of the new 

 shoots glabrous and often glaucous. 



PAPAN i:ha("i;ae. poppy family. 



CHELIDONIUM. Celandine. 



C. MAJUs L. Celandine. — In damp soil, about buildings, on 

 river alluviiuii and in shaded limestone talus (Williainst(nvn^ ; fre- 

 quent. 



