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PHRYMACEAE. LOPSEED FAMILY. 



PHRYMA. LoPSBED. 



P. Leptostachya L. Lopseed. — Open woods in low ground; 

 frequent in the valley. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. PLANTAIN FAMILY. 

 PLANTAGO. Plantain. 



P. AEisTATA Michx. — Dry fields and waste ground; frequent in the 

 southern part of the valley. Naturalized from the West. 



P. LANCEOLATA L. RiB Geass. — Fields and meadows; common. 



P. major L. Common Plantain. — About dwellings and along 

 roadsides; common. 



P. MEDIA L. — Adventive in a lawn, Lenox. 



P. Rugelii Dene. — Fields and roadsides, and about dwellings; 

 common. 



RUBIACEAE. MADDER FAMILY. 



CEPHALANTHUS. Buttonbtjsh. 



C. occidentalis L. Buttonbush. — Borders of ponds and slow 

 streams, and in swamps; common. 



GALIUM. Bedstraw; Cleavbks. 



G. Aparine L. — Riverbanks and rich soil at low altitudes; fre- 

 quent in the valley. 



G. asprellum Michx. Rough Bedsteaw. — Alluvial thickets and 

 low ground; common. 



G. boreale L. Noetheen Bedstkaw. — Meadows; occasional. 

 WiUiamstown (Churchill); Sandisfield; Shefiield. Plants collected 

 in Sheffield with hispid fruit. 



G. circaezans Michx. Wild Liquoeice. — Dry woods and clear- 

 ings; frequent in the southern part of the valley. 



G. Claytoni Michx. — Swamps and wet meadows; common. 



G. EEECTUM Huds. — Roadsides and fields; occasional. Lanesboro; 

 Becket; Lenox; Great Barrington (Walters). 



G. labradoricum Wiegand. — Bogs; frequent. 



G. lanceolatum Torr. Wild Liquoeice. — Rich woods; com- 



