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Distri"btition and habitat: 



Europe and Asia; introduced from Europe. "Me .to 

 Pa. and la." (B. M.). "Sometimes oultivated, and spread- 

 ing to roadsides, etc." (g. M.). 



PI. of Mon. Co.: "rare" ; one station. PI. Buf. 

 Vic: "Spontaneous in gardens, and naturalized in some 

 places". C. P-: "Scarce, probaWy not establisht. ttoad 

 toward Buttermilk Falls, collected in 1875 and 1882. 

 Near Giles Place". Loc. Herb.: not represented. 



found and collected by the writer in two places 

 only, as follows- 



1. Cornell Heights (hedge along street, abundant; 

 probably originally planted either along 

 hedge or near by) . 



2. Renwick (roadside hedge or edge of thicket, 

 near hotel east of park). 



Reported, also, (1912) from Esty's Glen, but the writer 



seacht the locality for further specimens without suo- 



cess. 



Diagnosis and variation: 



flower-color varying from nearly white to purple 

 ("pink, purple, or white" - B. & B.). The specimens 

 from Cornell Heights are rather narrow -leaved; that from 



