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fields: Old Saybrook (Bissell), New Haven (O. Harger), 

 Bridgeport (L. N. Johnson), Fairfield, plentiful on the beach 

 (Eames), Sherman, introduced in grassland (Eames, E. H. 

 Austin & J. Pettibone). July — Oct. 



MITCHELLA L. Partridge Berry. 



Mitchella repens L. (creeping). 



Partridge Berry. Squaw Vine. Checkerberry. 



Frequent or common. Rich woods. June — July; fruit 

 Sept., persisting through the winter. 



The berries are edible but insipid. A form with white 

 berries is reported from Canaan. The plant is medicinal and 

 was formerly much used by Indian squaws. 



CEPHALANTHUS L. Buttonbush. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis L. (western). 

 Buttonbush. 



Common. Shallow water of ponds, swamps and ditches. 

 July — Aug. 



The bark is medicinal. 



HOUSTONIA L. 



Houstonia caerulea L. (skj^-blue). 

 Bluets. Innocence. Mayflower. 



Common. Fields and woods, mostly in moist ground. 

 April — ^June. 



Houstonia longifolia Gaertn. (long-leaved). 

 Houstonia purpurea L., var. longifolia Gray. 



Rare or local. Dry ground : Ledyard (Mrs. C. B. Graves), 

 Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Waterford (Miss Crofton), 

 East Lyme (Mrs. F. H. Dart & Miss Bond), Sprague (Miss 

 Smith), Granby (I. Holcomb), Oxford (Harger), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). June— July. 



Houstonia lanceolata (Poir.) Britton (lanceolate). 

 Houstonia purpurea L., var. calycosa Gray. 



Rare. Upland meadow in Wilton (Miss M. K. Jennings). 

 June — July. Adventive from the West or possibly native. 



