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I. ecliinospora Dur., var. Brannii (Dur.) Engelm. (I. Braunii Dur.). 



Margins of ponds and streams; common. 

 I. ecliinospora Dur., var. iimrioata (Dur.) Engelm. (I. Braunii Dur.). 



Moutli of Pompanoosuc River, Norwich, (Jesup). 

 I. niacrospora Dur. Willoughby Lake, (Kennedy). 

 I. Tuckeriiiaiii A. Br., var. borealis A. A. Eaton. Grout Pond, Stratton, 



(Eggleston and Grout). 



SPBRMATOPHYTA. SEED PLANTS 



TAX ACE AE. YEW FAMILY 



TAXUS. Yew 



T. canadensis Marsh. Ground Hemlock. Moist banks and hills; fre- 

 quent. 



PINACEAE. PINE FAMILY 



ABIES. Balsam Fir 



A. balsainea (L.) Mill. Cold, wet woods and swamps, in the higher 

 altitudes; common. Not reported in the Connecticut Valley south 

 of Hartland. 



JUNIPERUS. Juniper 



J, coinnmuis L., var. depressa Pursh. (J. sil)irica Burgsd.). Common 

 Juniper. Dry, sterile hills; frequent. In the Connecticut Valley, 

 north to Peacham. 



J. horizoutalis Moeuch. (J. Sabina L., var. procumbens Pursh.). Man- 

 chester, (Mary A. Day). 



J. virginiaua L. Red Cedar. Dry, rocky hills; frequent in lower alti- 

 tudes of western Vermont and north in the Connecticut Valley to 

 Fairlee. 



LARIX. Larch 



L. laricina (Du Roi) Koch. Tamarack. Cold swamps; common, except 

 in the lower Connecticut Valley. 



PICEA. Spruce 



P. canadensis (Mill.) BSP. (P. alba Link). White Spruce. Com- 

 mon in northeastern Vermont south to Strafford, West Fairlee and 

 Newbury. Its western limit is a line drawn from Strafford through 

 East Barre, East Montpelier, Craftsbury and Albany to Newport 

 Center, (W. H. Blanchard) ; Hartland, (Nancy Darling) ; Newfane, 

 spreading from cultivation, (Wheeler) ; Providence Island, com- 

 mon, (Jones) ; Thompson's Point, Colchester, (Griffin) ; Essex, 

 (Howe). 



P. niariana (Mill.) BSP. (P. nigra Link; P. brevifolia Peck). Swamp 

 or Black Spruce. Common in sphagnum swamps of the Champlain 



