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Leaves smaller and narrower (main blade 10.5 to 20 cm. long, 3 to 

 5.5. cm. wide near middle); basal lobes shorter (2 to 7 cm. long), the 

 lobes only rarely divergent. 



SYMPLOCARPUS. Skunk Cabbage. 

 {Spathyema 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 



S. foetidus (L.) Nutt. Skunk Cabbage. — Swamps and low 

 ground; common in the valley, not noted on the plateau. Hinsdale, 

 altitude 1450 feet. 



LEMNACEAE. DUCKWEED FAMILY. 

 LEMNA. DtrcKWBBD. 



L. minor L. — Pools and slow streams; occasional in the valley. 

 Lenox; Stockbridge; West Stockbridge; Sheffield. 



L. trisuica L. — Pools in marshes, muddy ponds and slow streams; 

 local. Washington (altitude 1450 feet); two localities in Stockbridge; 

 Three Mile Pond, Sheffield. 



SPIRODELA. 



S. polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. — Stagnant pools and ponds; occasional 

 in the valley. WHliamstown; Washington (altitude 1450 feet) ; 

 Stockbridge; New Marlboro; Sheffield (Walters). 



ERIOCAULACEAE. PIPEWORT FAMILY. 

 ERIOCAULON. Pipewort. 



E. septangulare Withering. Pipewoet. — (E. articulatum Man. 

 ed. 7; vid. Rhodora, 11 : 40, 1909.) 



Shallow water of ponds on gravelly bottom, or on rocky shores; 

 common. 



XYRIDACEAE. YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY. 



XYRIS. Yellow-eted Grass. 



X. caroliniana Walt. Yellow-eted Geass. — Peaty borders of 

 ponds; occasional. Otis; Plant in Pond, Mt. Washington; Sheffield. 



