310 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



Rocky ridge of West Stockbridge Mt.; a few plants in dry open 

 woods, Egremont; frequent on exposed summits, Mt. Washington. 

 The West Stockbridge locaHty was known to Dewey in 1829. 



Branches invested with a dense canescent almost felt-like tomentum 

 which is persistent, at least for several years. 



CHAMAEDAPHNE. Leather Leaf. 



C. calyculata (L.) Moench. Leather Leaf. — Bogs and marshy 

 borders of ponds; frequent. 



CHIMAPHILA. Pipsissewa. 



C. maculata (L.) Pursh. Spotted Wintergreen. — Dry woods. 

 Lenox (Lincoln) ; Sandisfield. 



C. umbellata (L.) Nutt., var. cisatlantica Blake. Prince's 

 Pine; Pipsissewa. — - (C. umbellata Man. ed. 7 in part; vid. Rhodora, 

 19: 241, 1917.) 



Dry woods; common. 



Differs from true C. umbellata in having the flowers more or less 

 racemose. 



CHIOGENES. Creeping Snowberry. 



C. hispidula (L.) T. & G. — Cold swamps and cold springy banks; 

 occasional. Savoy; Becket; Washington; Pittsfield; Stockbridge; 

 New Marlboro. . 



CLETHRA. White Alder. 



C. alnifolia L. Sweet Pepperbush. — Shore of Symon's Pond, 

 Sandisfield (Walters). 



EPIGAEA 



E. repens L. Trailing Arbutus; Mayflower. — Dry woods 

 and open hillsides; frequent on schist and quartzite, practically 

 absent from limestone. A small patch in Great Barrington on a 

 limestone hillside with> Kalmia latifolia. 



GAULTHERIA. Wintergreen. 



G. procumbens L. Checkerberry; Wintergreen. — W^oods 

 and clearings; common. On limestone, under pines, Sheffield. 



