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F. asarifolia Michx. Alluvial woods; Norwich, (Eggleston) ; West- 

 more, (Kennedy); Clarendon and Rutland, (Kirk). 



P. asarifolia Michx., var. iiicanuita (Fisch.) Fernald. Sphagnum bogs; 

 occasional. 



P. clilorantha Sw. Dry woods; frequent. 



P. elliptica Nutt. Shin Leaf. Rich woods; common. 



P. iiiiuor L. Smugglers' Notch, (Pringle) ; Killington Mt., Sherburne, 

 (Kirk) ; rare. 



P. secuuda L. Rich woods; frequent. 



P. secuuda L., var. obtusata Turcz. Peat bogs; Bristol Pond bog, 

 (Pringle) ; Sutton and Newark, (E. Faxon) ; cedar swamp. Pair- 

 haven, (Eggleston); Brandon, (Button). 



RHODODENDRON 



R. cauadeuse (L.) BSP. Rhodora. Swamps and damp slopes of north- 

 ern Vermont; occasional. 



R. canesceus (Michx.) G. Don. (Azalea canescens Michx.). Pinxter 

 Flower. Woody banks and gravelly shores; occasional. 



R. uiaximum L. Great Laurel. Rocky woods bordering Groton Pond, 

 (Perkins) ; Peacham, (Blanchard) ; Martin's and Niggerhead Ponds, 

 (Burbank) ; Lanesboro, (Miss M. Skinner); Harvey's Pond, West 

 Barnet, (Marion Bole and Mrs. M. B. Hale). 



VACCINIUM. Blueberry. Cranberry 



V. atrococcujn (Gray) Heller. Black High Blueberry. Swamps and 

 pond borders of the lower altitudes of western Vermont; occasional. 



V. caespltosuui Michx. Dwarf Bilberry. Mt. Mansfield Chin, (Pringle) ; 

 rocky shore West River, Newfane, (Grout) ; Townshend, (Wheeler) ; 

 Jamaica, (Dobbin) ; Deerfield River, Wilmington, (W. H. Blanch- 

 ard). 



V. canadense Kalm. Sour-top or Velvet-leaf Blueberry. Moist thickets; 

 common in the mountains. The market blueberry of Essex County. 



V. corymbosuui L. High or Swamp Blueberry. Swamps and low 

 thickets. The abundant blueberry about northern Lake Cham- 

 plain. 



V. corymbosum L., var. auioeuum (Ait.) Gray. Swamps; Monkton and 

 Charlotte, (Pringle). 



V. coryuibosum L., var. pallidum (Ait.) Gray. Occasional. 



V. niaorocarpoH Ait. (Oxycoccus macrocarpon [Ait.l Pursh.). Large 

 or American Cranberry. Peat bogs; frequent. 



V. Oxycoccos L. (Oxycoccus Oxycoccus [L.] MacM.). Small Cran- 

 berry. Cold peat bogs; frequent. 



V. Oxycoceo.s L., var. ovalifolinm Michx. (var. intermedium Gray). 

 Rhod. 11:54. Occurs rarely. Colchester, (Oakes) ; Willoughby 

 Lake, (Kennedy). 



V. penusylraiiicum Lam. (V. augustifolium Ait.). Low Sweet or Early 

 Sweet Blueberry. Dry hills of the lower altitudes; common. The 

 earliest market blueberry. Var. augustifolium (Ait.) Gray. Sum- 

 mit of Mt. Mansfield and Camel's Hump, (Robbins, Pringle). 



