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LECHEA. PiNWEED. 

 L. intermedia Leggett. — Dry soil; common. 

 L. maritima Leggett, var. interior Robinson. — Williamstown 

 (Churchill). 

 L. villosa Ell.— Dry hills, Sheffield. 



VIOLACEAE. VIOLET FAMILY. 

 VIOLA. Violet. 



V. affinis Le Conte. — Frequent in wet grassy places, moist lawns, 

 swampy meadows and alder thickets in the valley. 



V. ARVENSis Murr. Wild Pansy. — Seeding itself along garden 

 paths, Stockbridge; abundant in a fallow field, Sheffield (Bean and 

 Fernald); fallow field. New Marlboro. 



V. blanda Willd. Sweet White Violet. — Rich woods; common. 



V. canadensis L. Canada Violet. — Rich woods; frequent. 

 Altitude 1500 feet, Hoosac Mt., Florida. 



V. conspersa Reichenb.- — Woods, pastures, roadsides, borders of 

 swamps; common. Altitude 1850 feet (Windsor). 



V. cuculiata Ait. Maksh Blue Violet. — Wet open places; 

 common. A dwarf form in moist soil under old apple trees (altitude 

 1500 feet), Cheshire (Brainerd). 



forma albiflora Britton. — Frequent. 



V. eriocarpa Schwein. Smooth Yellow Violet. — ( T. sca- 

 hriuscula Man. ed. 7; vid. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 38: 194, 1911.) 



Moist rich woods; common. .Mtitude 1.500 feet on the plateau, 

 2000 feet, Berry Mt., Hancock. 



V. fimbriatula Sm. — Dry hillsides, open woods mikI sandy (icids; 

 conmu)n. .\ form with coarsely toothed basal lobes from Lenox, 

 Stockl)ridgc, and West Stockbridge. 



V. incognita Brainerd. Sweet White Violet. — Rich woods; 

 common. Occasional under pines. 



var. Forbesii Brainerd. — Swampy woods; rrc(|ucnt. 



Differs from the type in being nearly or (|iiite glabrous except for 

 scattered hairs on the upper surfaces of the Icaxcs {vid. Hull. Torr. 

 Bot. Club, 38: S, 1911). 



V. lanceolata L. Borders of bogs and ponds; fn(|Ucnt. In 

 moist |)astiirc. Savoy. 



V. latiuscula (ireene. — J )ry soil; frc(|urnt in the \all(y.s. Occa- 



