70 FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY 



rotundifolia Michx. Early Yellow Violet. 



In cold woods and on rocky hillsides. 

 This is the violet of the following: 



"When beechen buds begin to swell 



And woods the blue-bird's warble know, 

 The yellow violet's modest bell 



Peeps from the last year's leaves below." 

 See WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT'S Poems: The Yellow Violet. 



pubescens Ait. Downy Yellow Violet. 



In dry woods, common. 

 scabriuscula Schwein. Smooth Yellow Violet. 



Worcester. Mrs. John Wetherbee. 



conspersa Reichenb. In moist soil, common. 



rostrata Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. 



Fitchburg. 

 tricolor L. Pansy. Occasionally escaped. 



(MEZEREUM FAMILY). 



Dirca L. Leatherwood. 



palustris L. Wicopy. In damp rich thickets. 



Daphne L. Mezereum. 



Mezereum L. Escaped from cultivation. 



Southbridge. Mr. L. E. Ammidown. 



LYTHRACE^E (LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY). 



Decodon J. F. Gmel. Swamp Loosestrife. 



verticillatus (L.) Ell. Water Willow. In swamps. 



Lake Quinsigamond. 

 Lythrum L. Loosestrife. 

 alatum Pursh. 

 Templeton. Mr. P. Blodgett. 



