Flora of Vermont 235 



STEIRONEMA 



S. ciliatum (L.) Raf. Moist thickets; common. 



S. lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray. Low grounds along northern Lake 

 Champlain; occasional. 



TRIENTALIS. Chickweed Wintergreen 



T. borealis Raf. (T. americana [Pars.] Pursh). Rhod. 11: 236. Star 

 Flower. Moist woods and thickets; common. 



OLEACEAE. OLIVE FAMILY 



FRAXINUS. Ash 



F. americana L. White Ash. Rich woods; common. 

 F. nigra Marsh. Black Ash. Swamps and wet woods; common. 

 F. pennsylvanica Marsh. Red Ash. Low grounds; common along Lake 

 Champlain and its tributai'ies. Newport,- (C. H. Knowlton). 



F. pennsylyanica Marsh., var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg. Green Ash. 



Occasional along shores of Lake Champlain. Walpole, N. H., 

 (Fernald). 



SYRINGA. Lilac 

 S. vulgaris* L. Common Lilac. An escape from cultivation. 



GENTIANACEAE. GENTIAN FAMILY 



BARTONIA 



B. virginica (L.) BSP. "Rockingham," (Carey) ; Higbee swamp, South 

 Burlington, (Jones); Colchester, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 



GENTIANA. Gentian 



G. Amarella L., var. acuta (Michx.) Herder. (G. acuta Michx.). Smug- 



glers' Notch, (Pringle). 

 G. Audrewsii Griseb. (Dasystephana Audrewsii [Grisel).] Small). 



Closed Gentian. Moist grounds of the lower altitudes; frequent. 

 G. crinita Froel. Fringed Gentian. Moist ground ; frequent in the 



southern part of the State. 

 G. linearis Froel. (Dasystephana linearis [Froel.] Britton). Bogs 



and meadows in the mountains; occasional. 

 G. quin(iuefolia L. Moist hills; occasional. 



HALENIA. Spurred Gentian 



H. (leflexa (Sm.) Griseb. Banks of Lewis Creek, Charlotte, (Horsford 

 and Pringle); St. Johnsbury, (Inez A. Howe). 



MENYANTHES. Buckbean 

 M. trifoliata L. Bog Bean, Marsh Trefoil. Sphagnum bogs; occasional. 



