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Danthoxia spicata, Bcauvois (Oat-Grass) 

 Common in dry soil throughout the northern part of the state. East 

 Granby, East Hartford, Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Nor- 

 folk, South Windsor, Stafford, etc. 



Eragrostis Pursiiii, Schrader 



Canaan, on Church Hill; local 



Hartford, dry soil in Keney Park ; common 



North Bloomfield, as noted in llhodora iv., .39 



* Festuca tenella, Willdcnoiv 



East Hartford, sandy soil ; two stations known 



South Windsor, sandy roadside south of Vinton's mill ; plentiful 



HoRDEUM JUBATUM, Linnacus (Squirrel-tail Grass) 

 Hartford, in Keney Park; few plants 



Panicum spiiaerocarpon, Elliott 

 Canton, hill slope east of Mt. Horr; many plants 

 Glastonbury, along Roaring Brook ; well distributed 



HEATH FAMILY 

 Arctostapiiylos Uva-Ursi, Sprcngel (Bearberry) 

 Talcott Mt., one station known 



Cassandra calyculata, Don (Leather-leaf) 

 South Windsor, everywhere abundant throughout the swales 

 Have seen the plant growing for some years under cviltivation in good 



soil, and doing fully as well as in its native habitat of swamps 



and water 



Epigaea repens, Linnaeus (Trailing Arbutus) 

 Becoming scarce in many towns. Rare in East Hartford, Hartford, 

 Stamford, South Windsor. In prime flower in the Connecticut 

 Valley April 15-20; a little later in the western part of the state; 

 on Mt. Riga in Salisbury about May 1 



Kalmia angustifolia, Linnaeus (Sheep-laurel) 

 Presents many varying forms. One from Mt. Riga has leaves much 

 less leathery and larger, also somewhat more glaucous, than those 

 of the open pastures of the Connecticut Valley 



Kalmia latifolia, Linnaeus (Mountain Laurel) 



Attains its best development in the western part of the state. In 

 prime flower June 1.5-20, making a gorgeous display, noticeable 

 especially along the line of the Central New England Railroad 

 and the trolley line from Winsted to Torrington 



