330 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
G. MoLLUGO L. — Roadsides and fields; common from West Pitts- 
field to Richmond, occasional elsewhere in the valley. Williamstown; 
Adams; Cheshire; Stockb ridge; Tyringham. 
G. palustre L. — Wet meadows and shores of ponds; common. 
G. pilosum Ait. — Dry woods; rare. Sheffield. 
G. tinctorium L. — Alluvial banks. Sheffield; Great Barrington 
(Walters). 
G. trifidum L. — Swamps and wet shores; common. 
G. triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. — Rich woods; 
common. 
G. VERUM L. Yellow Bedstraw. — Roadsides and meadows; 
occasional. New Ashford; Lenox (Lincoln); Stockb ridge; Great 
Barrington ; Sheffield . 
HOUSTONIA. 
H. caerulea L. Bluets; Innocence. — Pastures, meadows, road- 
sides and along woodroads; common. Occasionally in open moist 
pine woods, Stockbridge. 
H. longifolia Gaertn. — Dry hills and rocky ridges in the western 
part of the valley; local. West Stockbridge; Great Barrington; 
Sheffield (Bailey). 
MITCHELLA. Partridge Berry. 
M. repens L. Partridge Berry. — Woods; common. Occasion- 
ally on limestone but under pines. 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 
DIERVILLA. Bush Honeysuckle. 
D. Lonicera Mill. Bush Honeysuckle. — (D. Diervilla 111. Fl. 
ed. 2.) 
Rocky woods and dry banks; common. Not noted on calcareous 
soil. 
LINNAEA. Twix-FLowER. 
L. borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. Twin-flower. 
— {L. americana III. Fl. ed. 2.) 
Moist mossy woods; occasional on the plateau. Savoy; Washing- 
ton; Harmon Pond, New Marlboro; IVJ^t. Washington (jMrs. W. T. 
Day). 
