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OENOTHERA. Evening Primrose 



0. biennis L. Common Evening Primrose. Dry soil; occasional. 



0. crnciata Nutt. Gravelly soil; occasional. 



0. laciniata Hill. (Raimannia laciniata [Hill] Rose). Fort Ethan 

 Allen, (Grout); Burlington, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 



0. nmricata L. (O. biennis L. in part). Sandy soil of the lower alti- 

 tudes; common. 



0. Oakesiana Robbins. Adventive by roadsides, Burlington, (Hazen). 



0. pratensis (Small) Robinson. (Kneiffla pratensis Small). Hart- 

 land, (Nancy Darling). 



0. puniila L. (Kneiffia pumila [L.] Spach.). Fields; common. 



0. sernilata Nutt. (Meriolix serrulata [Nutt.] Walp.). Along rail- 

 road, Burlington, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 



HALORAGIDACEAE. WATER MILFOIL FAMILY 



HIPPURIS. Mare's-tail 



H. vulgaris L. Rare; in cold springy margin of .Toe's Pond, West 

 Danville, (Blanchard) ; Willoughby Lake, (Kennedy). 



MYRIOPHYLLUM. Water Milfoil 



M. alternjflornni DC. Bay south of North Hero, (Pringle and Brain- 

 erd). 



M. Fanvellii Morong. Mountain ponds. Belden's Pond, Johnson; 

 Townshend, (Grout); Spectacle Pond, Wallingford; North Pond, 

 Brunswick; Little Averill Pond, (Eggleston). 



M. Iiuniilc (Raf.) Morong. Water Milfoil. West River, West Towns- 

 hend, (Grout). 



M. spicatuni L. In deep water; common. 



31. tenelluni Bigel. Borders of ponds; occasional. 



PROSERPINACA. Mermaid-weed 



P. paliistris L. Swamps of the lower altitudes of western Vermont; 

 occasional. Fairlee Lake, (Jesup and Sargent). 



ARALIACEAE. GINSENG FAMILY 



ARALIA. Wild Sarsaparilla 



A. liispida Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla, Wild Elder. Rocky or sandy 



woodlands; frequent. 

 A. nudicanlis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. Moist woodlands; common. 

 A. racemosa L. Spikenard. Rich woodlands; frequent. 



PANAX. Ginseng 



P. quinquefoliuni L. Ginseng. Deciduous woods; becoming rare from 



much digging of the root. 

 P. trifolinm L. Dwarf Ginseng, Ground-nut. Moist woods and thickets; 



common. 



