166 Rhodora [July 



A. canadensis L., var. Phippenii J. Robinson. See Robinson, PL 

 Essex Co. 30, 1880. Discovered by Mr. G. D. Phippen in a ravine 

 in Salem pastures about 1S44. Salem pastures (J. Robinson, May, 

 1S73, specimen in herb. Peabody Academy of Science). 



A. vulgaris L. Garden escape, occasional. 



CALTHA. 



C. palustris L. Swamps and wet woods, very common through- 

 out. 



[Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. Reported from W. Gloucester 

 in Robinson, Fl. Essex Co. 31, 1880, but no specimens are known to 

 exist.] 



CLEMATIS. 



C. verticillaris DC. Ledges on Pine Hill, Middlesex Fells (Robert 

 I). Morss, May 13, 1903, specimen in Gray Herb. ; Dr. Henry Piper, 

 May, 1904, specimen in herb. W. Deane); Roxbury (./. A. Lowell, 

 May, 1847, specimen in herb. Boston Society of Natural History. v 



C. virginiana L. Swamps, thickets and roadsides, common 

 throughout. 



COPTIS. 



C. trifolia (L.) Salisb. Swamps and wet woods, common through- 

 out. 



DELPHINIUM. 



D. Ajacis L. Rubbish heap in woods, apparently spreading, 

 Middlesex Fells, Stoneham (F. S. Collins, Aug. 8, 1885); reported 

 in Dame & Collins, Fl. Middlesex Co. 3, 1888, and in Deane, Fl. 

 Metrop. Park Comm. 5, 1S9G, as D. Consolida L. 



HEPATICA. 



H. triloba Chaix. Sunny slopes and open woods; common in 

 Essex County, occasional elsewhere. 



