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URTICA. Nettle. • ' 
U. gracilis Ait. Common Nettle. — Moist ground and waste 
places; common. 
U. Lyallii Wats.— {U. gracilis III. Fl. ed. 2 in part.) 
Alluvial ground; occasional in the valley. Williamstown, Hancock 
and Lanesboro (Churchill); Lee; New Marlboro; Sheffield. 
SANTALACEAE. SANDALWOOD FAMILY. 
COMANDRA. Bastard Toad-fl.^x. 
C. umbellata (L.) Nutt. Bastard Toad-flax. — Sandy soil in 
the southern part of the valley; common on the Sheffield sand-plain 
and on the summit of The Dome, Mt. Washington. Occurs on rocky 
ledges on Monument Mt., Great Barrington. 
LORANTHACEAE. MISTLETOE FAMILY. 
ARCEUTHOBIUM. 
{Razoumofskya 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
A. pusillum Peck. Dwarf Mistletoe.^ On Black Spruce 
(Picea mariana) in peat bogs; local. Ward Pond, Becket; Wolf 
Swamp, Sandisfield. 
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. BIRTHWORT FAMILY. 
ASARUM. Wild Ginger. 
A. canadense L. Wild Ginger. — Rich woods; common in the 
valley, less coniiiion on the plateau. Altitude 1500 feet (W^indsor). 
var. acuminatum Ashe. — (A. acuminatum 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Dry rocky upland woods. North Adams (Fernald and Long); rich 
woods, Adams. 
POLYGONACEAE. BUCKWHEAT FAMILY. 
FAGOPYRUM. Buckwheat. 
F. esculentum ]\loench. Buckwheat. — {Fagopi/rum Fagopy- 
rum 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Occasionally persisting in old fields or escaping along roadsiiles. 
