266 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
NYMPHOZANTHUS. Yellow Pond Lily. 
{Nymphaea Man. ed. 7 and 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
N. variegatus (Engelm.) Fernald. Cow Lily; Yellow Pond 
Ltly. — ( Nym'phaea advena, var. variegata Man. ed. 7, vid. Rhodora, 
21: LS7, 1919.) 
Ponds and slow streams; common. In Cranberry Pond, West 
Stockbridge a leaf blade of this variety measured 4 dm. long, 2.6 dm. 
broad and the sinus was closed by an overlap of 2.5 cm. 
N. microphyllus (Pers.) Fernald. — Spectacle Pond, Sandisfield; 
Housatonic River, Stockbridge; Sheffield (Churchill). 
X ? N. rubrodiscus (Morong) Fernald. — Probably a hybrid be- 
tween N. variegatus and N. microphyllus. Spectacle Pond, Sandisfield, 
both parents growing near by. 
RANUNCULACEAE. CROWFOOT FAMILY. 
ACTAEA. Baneberry. 
A. alba (L.) Mill. White Baneberry. — Rich woods; common. 
A. rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red Baneberry. — Rich woods; common, 
forma neglecta (Gillman) Robinson. — Lenox. 
Specimens collected in Lanesboro (Churchill) and in Lenox are 
apparently hybrids between A. alba and A. rubra. 
ANEMONE. AxEMOXE. 
A. canadensis L. — Alluvial ground; occasional. Richmond; 
Great Barrington; Sheffield. 
A. cylindrica Gray. — Dry hillsides and open woods; common in 
the valley. 
A. quinquefolia L. Wood Anemone. — Woods; common. Alti- 
tude 1400 feet, Florida. 
A. riparia Fernald. — {A. virginiana 111. Fl. ed. 2 in part.) 
Shaded banks; occasional in the valley. 
Specimens from Berkshire County have been determined by Pro- 
fessor Fernald. The distribution of the species in the County is still 
imperfectly understood. 
A. virginiana L. — Roadside thickets and shaded banks; common. 
Sepals leathery, greenish or greenish yellow, very pubescent on the 
back, narrowly oblong, acuminate, 0.7 to 1.3 cm. long. 
