302 PROCEEDINGS BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
sionally in moist grouncl; low fjroiind under pines, Stockbridge; alder 
thicket, Mt. Washington (Braiiierdj. 
V. nephrophylla (Ireene. — Swampy woods and margins of moun- 
tain brooks and streams, chiefly in sliade; common f)n tlie plateau, 
frequent in the \alleys. Flowers late and al)out June 1 makes with 
V. 'pollens ril)l)ons of l)hie and white along tiie roadsides on the 
plateau. 
V. ODOKATA L. English or Sweet Violet. — Plants sent by Miss 
Mitford from England to Miss Catherine Sedgwick in the first half of 
the 19th century, and set out on a shaded bank in Stockbridge, have 
spread and i)erpetuated themselves to the present time. 
V. pallens (Banks) Brainerd. Sweet White Violet. — Wet 
places; common. Ice Pond, Greylock (altitude 3000 feet). 
Blossoming late and forming wdth V. nepliwpliylla ribbons of Ijlue 
and white along upland roads, in early June. 
V. palmata L. — Dry woods; frequent in the southern and western 
part of the a- alley. Altitude 1700 feet. West Stockbridge Mt. 
V. papilionacea Pursh. — Moist shaded places; common. Often 
in door-yards and in rich ground. A Avhite-flowered form is frequent. 
V. pubescens Ait. Downy Yellow Violet. — Rich woods; 
common. Less common than T. eriocarpa and generally in drier 
woods. 
V. renifolia Gray. — Cold swamp, Stockbridge; damp woods, 
Great Barrington. 
var. Brainerdii (Greene) Fernald. — Vid. Rhodora, 14: 88 (1912). 
Cold swamps and cool woods. 
Upper leaf -surf aces quite glabrous from the first or in anthesis 
(flowering time) with onl^,' a very few scattered and c^uickly deciduous 
hairs. 
V. rostrata Pursh. Long-spurred Violet. — Rich woods; fre- 
quent. Altitude 1200 feet, New Boston. 
forma Phelpsiae Fernald.— Vid. Rhodora, 17: 180 (1915). 
Rich rocky woods. West Stockbridge (Walters). Flowers white. 
V. rotundifolia Michx. Early Yellow Violet. — Woods; 
common. Generally under deciduous trees but occasionally under 
pines (Stockbridge). 
V. Selkirkii Pursh. Great-spurred Violet. — Rich woods, 
generally on or near rocks, but often in leaf mould; frequent in the 
northern tier of towns, Williamstown, Florida, Adams and Savoy, 
