310 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



Rocky ridge of West Stockbridge Mt.; a few plants in dry open 

 woods, Egremont; frequent on exposed summits, Mt. Washington. 

 The West Stockbridge locality was known to Dewey in 1829. 



Branches invested with a dense canescent almost felt-like tomentum 

 which is persistent, at least for several years. 



CHAMAEDAPHNE. Leather Leap. 



C. calyculata (L.) Moench. Leather Leaf. — Bogs and marshy 

 borders of ponds; frequent. 



CHIMAPHILA. PipsissEWA. 



C. maculata (L.) Pursh. Spotted Wintebgeeen. — Dry woods. 

 Lenox (Lincoln); Sandisfield. 



C. umbellata (L.) Nutt., var. cisatlantica Blake. Prince's 

 Pine; Pipsissewa. — (C. umbellata Man. ed. 7 in part; vid. Rhodora, 

 19: 241, 1917.) 



Dry woods; common. 



Differs from true C urnhellata in having the flowers more or less 

 racemose. 



CHIOGENES. Creeping Snowberry. 



C. hispidula (L.) T. & G. — Cold swamps and cold springy banks; 

 occasional. Savoy; Becket; Washington; Pittsfield; Stockbridge; 

 New Marlboro. 



CLETHRA. White Aldeh. 



C. alnifolia L. Sweet Pepperbush. — Shore of Symon's Pond, 

 Sandisfield (Walters). 



EPIGAEA. 



E. repens L. Trailing Arbutus; Mayflower. — Dry woods 

 and open hillsides; frequent on schist and quartzite, practically 

 absent from limestone. A small patch in Great Barrington on a 

 limestone hillside with Kalmia latifolia. 



GAULTHERIA. Wintergheen. 



G. procumbens L. Checkerbeery; Wintergreen. — Woods 

 and clearings; common. On limestone, under pines, Shefiield. 



