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METROPOLITAN PAKK FLORA. 



Q. trifidum, L. Small Bedstraw. 



Bogs, meadows, and moist open woods. B* and M*, com- 

 mon : — S and B B, occurs : — M* and S *, forms approach- 

 ing var. latifolium, Torr. 

 Var. latifolium, Torr. 



Same habitat as the species. M *, rare. 

 Q. asprellum, Michx. Rough Bedstraw. 



Low thickets, roadsides, and wet places. B *, Cedar 

 Swamp : — M, frequent in low ground on borders of meadows 

 and ponds. 

 Q. triflorum, Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 



Open and rocky woods, and boggy places. B*, occasional ; 

 Hawk Hill, etc.: — M*, occasional; near Cascade and S. 

 Reservoir, etc. 



C0MP0SIT7E. Composite Family. 



MIKANIA, Willd. Climbing Hemp Weed. 



M. scandens, L. 



Low thickets by streams. B* and S *, occasional : - 

 abundant by the brook just N. of Trapelo Road. 



BB*, 



EUPATORIUM, Tourn. Thoroughwort. 

 E. purpureum, L. Joe-Pye Weed. 



Meadows, swamps, and wet places. B *, M*, S and B B, 

 common. 

 Var. maculatum, Darl.| 



Same habitat as the species. B *, road to Sawcut Notch. 

 Var. amcenum, Gray. 



Dry woods. B*, rare. 

 E. teucrifolium, Willd. 



Low woods and moist thickets. B *, frequent : — M*, woods, 

 W. border of Spot Pond : — 8 *, border of thickets by Turtle 

 Pond. 



t See Syn. Fl. N". Amer. i. pt. 2, 9G. 



