HOFFMANN: FLORA OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 299 
TILIACEAE. LINDEN FAMILY. 
TILIA. Linden-. 
T. americana L. Basswood. — Rich woods and banks of streams; 
common. 
MALVACEAE. MALLOW FAMILY. 
ABUTILON, IxDiAX Mallow. 
A. Theophrasti Medic. Velvet Leaf. — {A. Abutilon 111. Fl. 
ed. 2.) 
Roadsides and waste ground; occasional. Great Barrington (Wal- 
ters); Sheffield. 
ALTHAEA. Marsh Mallow. 
A. ROSEA Cav. Hollyhock. — Occasionally self-sown or persist- 
ing, Pittsfield; Stockbridge; Sheffield. 
HIBISCUS. Rose Mallow. 
H. Trionum L. Flower-of-an-hour. — Cultivated ground ; oc- 
casional. Stockbridge; Sheffield. 
MALVA. Mallow. 
M. Alcea L. — Open field, Lee; roadside, Great Barrington (Wal- 
ters). 
M. moschata L. Musk Mallow. — Roadsides; occasional in the 
valley. Lanesboro; Lee; Stockbridge; West Stockbridge; Alford; 
Egreniont (Walters). 
M. ROTUNDiFOLLV L. Cheeses. — Cultivated and waste ground; 
common. 
HYPERICACEAE. ST. .lOIIX'S WORT FAMILY. 
HYPERICUM. St. .Iohx'.s Wokt. 
H. Ascyron L. GiiKAT St. John's Wort. — Borders of streams in 
the southern part of the valley; frequent. 
H. boreale (Britton) Bicknell. — Borders of ponds and marshes; 
hv(\\u'nt. 
H. canadense L. — Roadside ditches and low ground; frociucnt. 
H. ellipticum Hook. — Wet grountl; common. 
