334 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
meadows; frequent on and about The Dome, Mt. Washinj^ton, on 
"West Stockbridge Mt., along the floo(l-i)kiin of the Deerfield River, 
Florida. Occasional elsewhere. Stockbridge; New Marlboro. There 
seems to be no explanation for the extremely local distribution of this 
species. In the southwestern part of Shelfield and the southern part 
of New Marll)oro it grows freely on outcrops of limestone and of schist, 
and in meadows, but in no other township is it even frequent. 
forma alba ]{and & Redfield. — Limestone outcrop with the type, 
Sheffield. Flowers white. ( Vid. Flora of Mt. Desert, p. 124.) 
C. uliginosa Rydb. — Marshes and banks of streams; occasional. 
Washington (Johnson); Lenox; Stockbridge; Egremont; Sheffield. 
SPECULARIA. Venus's Looking-glass. 
S. perfoliata (L.) DC. Venus's Lookixg-glass. — Dry hillsides 
and rocky woods; frequent in the southern part of the valley. 
LOBELIACEAE. LOBELIA FAMILY. 
LOBELIA. 
L. cardinalis L. Cardinal-flower. — Borders of streams and 
ponds; frequent in the valley. 
L. Dortmanna L. Water Lobelia. — Shallow water, borders of 
ponds; frequent on the plateau. 
L. inflata L. Indian Tobacco. — Clearings, hillsides, dry road- 
sides and fields, borders of ponds and streams; common. 
L. Kalmii L. — Wet meadows, ditches, and shores of lakes; fre- 
quent in the valley, always in calcareous soil. 
L. siphilitica L. Great Blue Lobelia. — Low ground; rare. 
In three localities in Sheffield, near the Connecticut Line (Walters). 
L. spicata Lam. — Grassy fields; common. 
forma albiflora, f. nov.^ CoroUis albis. Flowers white. Occa- 
sional with the type, Stockbridge. 
The type in Coll. N. E. B. C. collected in a field in Stockbridge, 
Mass., July 16, 1916 (R. Hoftmann). 
COMPOSITAE. COMPOSITE FAMILY. 
ACHILLEA. Yarrow. 
A. Millefolium L. Common Yarrow. — Roadsides and dry fields; 
common. The form with red flowers occasionally occurs about 
houses, appearing as if an escape. 
