330 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



G. MoLLUGO L. — Roadsides and fields ; common from West Pitts- 

 field to Richmond, occasional elsewhere in the valley. Williamstown ; 

 Adams; Cheshire; Stockbridge; Tyringham. 



G. palustre L. — Wet meadows and shores of ponds; common. 



G. pilosum Ait. — Dry woods; rare. Sheffield. 



G. tinctorium L. — Alluvial banks. Sheffield; Great Barrington 

 (Walters). 



G. trifidum L. — Swamps and wet shores; common. 



G. triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. — Rich woods; 

 common. 



G. verum L. Yellow Bedstraw. — Roadsides and meadows ; 

 occasional. New Ashford; Lenox (Lincoln); Stockbridge; Great 

 Barrington; Sheffield. 



HOUSTONIA. 



H. caerulea L. Bluets; Innocence. — Pastures, meadows, road- 

 sides and along woodroads; common. Occasionally in open moist 

 pine woods, Stockbridge. 



H. longifolia Gaertn. — Dry hills and rocky ridges in the western 

 part of the valley; local. West Stockbridge; Great Barrington; 

 Sheffield (Bailey). 



MITCHELLA. Partridge Berry. 



M. repens L. Partridge Berry. — Woods; common. Occasion- 

 ally on limestone but under pines. 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 

 DIERVILLA. Bush Honeysuckle. 



D. Lonicera Mill. Bush Honeysuckle. — (D. Diervilla 111. Fl. 

 ed. 2.) 



Rocky woods and dry banks; common. Not noted on calcareous 

 soil. 



LINNAEA. Twin-flower. 



L. borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. Twin-flower. 

 — (L. americana 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



Moist mossy woods; occasional on the plateau. Savoy; Washing- 

 ton; Harmon Pond, New Marlboro; Mt. Washington (Mrs. W. T. 

 Day). 



