HOFFMANN: FLORA OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 301 
LECHEA. PiNWEED. 
L. intermedia Leggett. — Dry soil; common. 
L. maritima Leggett, var. interior Robinson. — Williamstown 
(Churchill). 
L. villosa Ell.— Dry hills, Sheffield. 
VIOLACEAE. VIOLET FAMILY. 
VIOLA. Violet. 
V. affinis Le Conte. — Frequent in wet grassy places, moist lawns, 
swampy meadows and alder thickets in the valley. 
V. ARVENSis Murr. Wild Pansy. — Seeding itself along garden 
paths, Stockbridge; abundant in a fallow field, Sheffield (Bean and 
Fernald) ; fallow field. New Marlboro. 
V. blanda Willd. Sweet White Violet. — Rich woods ; common. 
V. canadensis L. Canada Violet. — Rich woods; frequent. 
Altitude 1500 feet, Hoosac Mt., Florida. 
V. conspersa Reichenb.— Woods, pastures, roadsides, borders of 
swamps; commnn. Altitude 1850 feet (Windsor). 
V. cuculiata Ait. AIarsh Blue Violet. — WPt open places; 
common. A dwarf form in moist soil under old apple trees (altitude 
1500 feet), Cheshire (Brainerd). 
forma albiflora Britton. — Frequent. 
V. eriocarpa Schwein. Smooth Yellow Violet. — ( V. sca- 
briuscvla Man. ed. 7; vhL Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 38: 194, 1911.) 
Moist rich woods; common. Altitude 1500 feet on the plateau, 
2000 feet. Berry Mt., Hancock. 
V. fimbriatula Sm. — Dry hillsides, open woods and sandy fields; 
common. .\ form with coarsely toothed basal l()l)es from Lenox, 
Stockbridge, and West Stockbridge. 
V. incognita Brainerd. Sweet Whitk Violet. — Rich woods; 
common. Occasional under pines. 
var. Forbesii Brainerd. — Swampy woods; frequent. 
Differs from the type in being nearly or (piite glabrous except for 
scattered hairs on the upper surfaces of the leaves {vid. Bull. Torr. 
Bot. Club, 38: S, 1911). 
V. lanceolata L. iiorders of bogs and i)onds; fre(|uent. In 
moist jjasturc, Savoy. 
V. latiuscula Creene. — Dry soil; frciiucnt in the \allcvs. Occa- 
