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METROPOLITAN TAKE FLORA. 



A. laevis, L. 



Borders of woods, roadsides, and fields, in rather dry 

 ground. B, frequent : — Jf, common. 

 A. ericoides, L. 



Dry open places. M, rare ; near N. Reservoir. 

 A. multiflorus, Ait. 



Dry open ground or sterile soil. B, common : —M, N. 

 border of N. Reservoir. 

 A. dumosus, L. 



Borders of moist or dry woods. B *, occasional ; W. of 

 Babel Rock, etc. :— M*, W. border of S. Reservoir. 

 A. vimineus, Lam. 



Moist ground. B, common : —M, common in meadows and 

 low grounds. 



Var. foliolosus, Gray. 



Same habitat as the species. B*, base of Great Dome; 

 road up E. slope of Shadow Point. 

 A. diffusus, Ait. 



Dry or moist open ground. B, common : — M and S, fre- 

 quent. 

 A. paniculatus, Lam. 



Moist, generally shady ground. M*, meadows and ditches 

 round Spot Pond; meadow, S. of Bear Hill. 

 A. longifolius, Lam. 



Low ground. B, rare ; N. E. part of Reservation. 

 A. Novi-Belgii, L. 



Low or wet ground. B and M, common. 

 A. tardiflorus, L. 



Low ground. B, rare ; N. E. part of Reservation. 

 A. puniceus, L. 



Swamps, low thickets, damp roadsides, and meadows. B 

 and M, frequent. 



Var. lasvicaulis, Gray. 



Same habitat as the species. B, rare ; Cedar Swamp. 



