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The most clearly marked of the varieties of A. puniceiis and appar- 

 ently distinct enough to deserve specific rank. 



var. lucidulus Gray, forma albiflorus, f. nov. — Corollis albis. 

 Flowers white. The type collected in a low meadow in Lee, Sept., 

 1919, now in the N. E. B. C. collection. 



A. Schreberi Nees. — Dry woods and thickets; common. 



A. tardifolius L. — Shady roadsides; frequent in the valley. 



var. vestitus Fernald. — Occasional. Lee; Sandisfield (Walters); 

 Sheffield. Two forms occur: one lax and soft-pubescent, the other 

 stiff and harsh-pubescent. 



A. Tradescanti L. — Low ground; occasional. Stockbridge; 

 Great Barrington; Sheffield (Walters). Never in the field a very well- 

 marked species; too near A. paniculatus. 



A. umbellatus Mill. — {Doellingeria umbellata 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



Low ground, borders of swamps and mountain streams, roadside 

 thickets; common on the plateau and in Clarksburg, elsewhere in 

 the valley occasional in swamps. Begins to be common at an altitude 

 of about 1500 feet. Not noted on Greyloek, rare on The Dome. 



A. undulatus L. — Dry open woods and clearings; common. 



A. vimineus Lam. — Thickets and roadsides in low ground; com- 

 mon in the valley, infrequent on the plateau. 



var. foliolosus (Ait.) Gray. — Wet woods and low thickets; fre- 

 quent in the valley. 



BELLIS. Daisy. 



B. PERENNis L. — Occasionally established in lawns. Dalton; 

 Stockbridge. 



BIDENS. Hru Marigold. 



B. Beckii Torr. Water M.\rigold. — (Megalodonta Beckii 111. 

 Flora ed. 2.) 



Ponds ; frequent, especially in the valley. 



B. cernua L. Stick-tight. — Wet places; common. 



var. minima (Huds.) DC. — Peat bog, Sandisfield. 



Tiny, spatulate or oblanceolate leaves and usually solitary cam- 

 panulate heads. 



B. comosa (Gray) Wiegand.— (F/r/. Rhodora, 17: 2'), 1919.) 



River bog, She/Held (Cliurchill). 



B. connata Muhl. Swami" Beggar-ticks. — Swamps and l«)w 

 ground; coininoii. 



