HOFFMANN: FLORA OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 271 
CAULOPHYLLUM. Blue Cohosh. 
C. thalictroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh. — Rich woods; 
common in the valleys. Altitude 2500 feet, Greylock. 
PODOPHYLLUM. May Apple; Mandrake. 
P. peltatum L. May Apple; Mandrake. — Fence corners and 
rich woods; occasional and undoubtedly native in the southern and 
western parts of the County. Cheshire (Winslow); Hancock; 
meadow, West Pittsfield (Churchill) ; Stockbridge; West Stockbridge; 
Tyringham; New Marlboro (Walters); Becket (Fernald and Knowl- 
ton), probably introduced. 
LAURACEAE. LAUREL FAMILY. 
BENZOIN. Wild Allspice; Fever Bush. 
B. aestivale (L.) Nees. Spice Bush. — Swampy woods; occa- 
sional in the valley. Williamstown ; Cheshire (Winslow); Lenox; 
Stockbridge; Sandisfield; New Marlboro; Sheffield. 
SASSAFRAS. Sassafras. 
S. officinale Nees & Eberm. Sassafras. — (^S. Sassafras 111. Fl. 
ed. 2 in part; S. variifolium Man. ed. 7. Vid. Rhodora, 20: 99, 
1918.) 
Dry woods; occasional in the southern part of the valley and in 
Williamstown (Churchill). 
var. albidum (Nutt.) Blake. — (var. alhiduvi Man. ed. 7; rid. 
Rhodora 15: 16, 1913, and 20: 99, 1918.) 
Dry woods, especially on rocky slopes; frequent in the southern 
part of the valley. 
Leaves nearly or quite glabrous from the first; the bark of the new 
shoots glabrous and often glaucous. 
PAPAVERACEAE. poppy FAMILY. 
CHELIDONIUM. Celandine. 
C. majus L. Celandlne. — In damp soil, about buildings, on 
river alluvium and in shaded limestone talus (Williamstown) ; fre- 
quent. 
