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ELAEAGNACEAE. OLEASTER FAMILY 



SHEPHERDIA. (LEPARGYRAEA) 



S. canadensis (L.) Nutt. Red sandstone cliffs, western Vermont; occa- 

 sional. 



LYTHRACEAE. LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY 



DBCODON. Swamp Loosestrife 



D. Terticillatus (L.) Ell. Water Willow. Swampy ground; occasional 



in western Vermont. 



LYTHRUM. Loosestrife 



L. alatum Pursli. Charlotte, (Pringle) ; Brandon, (Button) ; Burling- 

 ton, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 

 L. Salicaria* L. Spiked Loosestrife. Wet meadows; Rutland, (Bige- 



low, Eggleston) ; Sharon, (Jesup, Sargent) ; Clarendon, (Grout) ; 



Wallingford, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn) ; West Haven, (Kirk). 



MELASTOMACEAE. MELASTOMA FAMILY 



RHEXIA. Deer-grass 



R. virginica L. Meadow Beauty. "Brattleboro," (Frost) ; Lily Pond, 

 Vernon, (Grout). 



ONAGRACEAE. EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY 



CIRCAEA. Enchanter's Nightshade 



V. alpina L. Deep woods; common. 



r. Intermedia Ehrh. Deep shade; occasional 



C. lutetiana L. Woods; frequent. 



BPILOBIUM. Willow-herb 



E. adeuocaulon Haussk. Moist places; frequent. 



E. angnstifoliuni L. (Chamaenerion angustifolium [L.] Scop.). Fire- 

 weed, Great Willow-herb. Common, especially in newly cleared 

 lands. 



E. coloratnni Muhl. Wet places; occasional. 



E. densnm Raf. (E. lineare Muhl.?). Bogs; common. 



E. niolle Torr. (E. strictum Muhl.?). Cold bogs; occasional. 



E. palustre L. Bogs of northern Vermont; rare. Franklin, (Under- 

 wood). 



E. palustre L., var. niontieola Haussk. (E. lineare, var. oliganthum 

 Trel.). Bogs; Stratton, (Grout); Sunderland and Mendon, (Eggles- 

 ton) ; Rutland, (Kirk). 



LUDVIGIA. (ISNARDIA). False Loosestrife 



L, palnstris (L.) Ell. Water Purslane. Ditches and swamps of the 

 lower altitudes; common. 



