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higher elevations. Rare or perhaps wanting south of the moraine. 

 1 18-164 days. 993-2,100 ft. 



3. A. pusillum (Peck) Nash. In open sunny bogs, sometimes in 



deep woods: Southwestern Conn, to Ky. and Ga. 



Conn. Fairfield Co. 



N. Y. Westchester Co., increasing and common southward. 



N.J. Newton, Sussex Co. increasing and common southward, but 

 rare or perhaps wanting in the pine-barrens. 



Pa. Monroe, Lehigh, Mongtomery and Chester counties, in- 

 creasing southward. 

 Tertiary, unknown on Beacon Hill, rare elsewhere; Cretaceous, 



common: Older formations, common. 166-204 days. Sea level- 



858 ft. 



4. A. Dracontium (L.) Schott. In moist shady places: Me. to 



Ont. and Minn., south to Fla., Kan. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare and local, apparently increasing westward. 



N. Y. Bloodroot Valley, S. I., increasing northward to Columbia 



and Ulster counties. Not recorded from L. I. 

 N. J. Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex, 



Monmouth, Burlington and Camden counties but unrecorded 



from the pine barrens. 

 Pa. Philadelphia, Chester and Delaware counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, scattered in shady places: Older forma- 

 tions, not very common. 154-204 days. Sea level-471 ft. 



2. Peltandra Raf.* 

 1. P. virginica (L.) Kunth. In swamps and shallow water: Me. 

 to Ont., south to Mich., Fla., La. and Mo. 



Common throughout the range in favorable situations. 



3. Calla L. 

 1. C. palustris L. In bogs: N. S. to Hudson Bay, Minn., Wise, 

 and Iowa. 



Conn. Throughout, increasing northward. 

 N. Y. Westchester and Orange counties, increasing northward, 



particularly up the Hudson Valley. 

 N. J. Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., to Hudson and Bergen counties, 



thence increasing northwestward. 

 Pa. Monroe, Northampton and Pike counties. 



* See footnote, page 76. 



