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6. V. venosum Britton. In open places: E. Mass. to N. J., Pa. 



and Va. 



N. Y. Rare on the southern shore of L. I. in Suffolk Co. Not 



reported elsewhere. 

 N. J. Known only from Monmouth and Salem counties. 

 Pa. Recorded, but no definite station known to me. 



A rare and local species whose distribution is mostly coastal. 



7. V. Canbyi (Render) Britton (V. venosum Canbyi Rehder). 



Thickets and river-banks, N. J. and Pa. to Ya. and Ga. 

 N. J. Morris Co., increasing southward. 

 Pa. Chester and Bucks counties. 



8. V. cassinoides L. In swamps and wet soil: Newf. to Man., 



N. J., Ga. and Ala. 



Common throughout most of the range; unknown in the Bronx. 

 A specimen, apparently of this species, with unusually pubescent 

 inflorescence, collected at May's Landing, N. J., has been referred 

 to V. rufidulum Raf. 



9. V. nudum L. In swamps: Conn, to Fla., Ky. and La. 



Conn. Rare near the coast of Fairfield Co., unknown elsewhere. 

 N. Y. Rare on the south side of L. I. and on S. I.; Woodlawn, 



N. Y. City, unknown elsewhere. 

 N. J. Rare and local in Morris, Warren, Hudson and Mercer 



counties, increasing southward. 

 Pa. Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. 



Scattered locally, and more common on the coastal plain than 

 elsewhere. 



10. V. Lentago L. In rich soil: Hudson Bay to Manitoba, N. J., 



Ga., Kan., Ind, and Mo. 



Conn. Throughout the state, increasing northward. 

 N. Y. Occasional on L. I. and on S. I. and increasing northward. 

 N. J. Reported, but not definitely known from Camden Co.; 

 common in Passaic, Warren, Morris and Sussex counties, un- 

 known elsewhere. 

 Pa. Throughout the area. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. 117-220 days. Sea level-3,090 ft. 



11. V. prunifolium L. In dry soil: Conn, to S. Car., Mich., Kan. 



and Tex. 



Throughout the range, except in the pine-barrens, there wanting; 

 rare southward and increasing northward. A form with globose 

 fruit, globosum, has been collected in N. J. and Pa. 

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