314 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
V. stamineum I.. Dkf.rberry. — (Polyrodium stamineum 111. 
Fl. ed. 2.) 
Dry woods; occasional. Mt. Greylock; Stockbridge; Great 
Barrin^ton; Efi;rcniont; Sheffield. 
V. vacillans Kalm. — Dry woods, rocky hillsides and open sum- 
mits; frequent in the southern part of the valley. 
PRIMULACEAE. PRIMROSE FAMILY. 
LYSIMACHIA. Loosestrife. 
L. NuMMULARiA L. MoNEYWORT. — Wet meadows, roadside 
banks and ditches; frequent. 
X L. producta (Gray) Fernald. — A hybrid between L. quadri- 
folia and L. fcrrcstris. Edge of wet woods, Sandisfield. 
L. quadrifolia L. — Woods; common. 
L. terrestris (L.) BSP. — W'et woods and swamps; common. 
L. thyrsiflora L. — {Naumburgia thyrsiflora 111. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Cold swamps; common. 
L. VULGARIS L. — Escaped from cultivation in a thicket on the banks 
of the Housatonic River, Great Barrington (Walters). 
STEIRONEMA. 
S. ciliatum (L.) Raf. — Borders of woods, low ground and road- 
side thickets; common. A form with crowded flowers on short 
pedicels from Sandisfield. 
TRIENTALIS. Chickweed Wintergreen. 
T. borealis Raf. Chickweed Wintergreen. — ( T. americana 
Man. ed. 7; ii/f/. Rhodora, 11 : 236,1909.) 
Woods; common. 
OLEACEAE. OLIVE FAMILY. 
FRAXINUS. Ash. 
F. americana L. W^hite Ash. — Rich woods; common. Summit 
■of Greylock. 
forma iodocarpa Fernald. — Occasional with the type, from which 
it differs in having reddish-purple keys {vid. Rhodora, 14; 192, 1912). 
