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Amelanchier, Medic JUNE-BEREY. 



A. Canadensis, Torr. and Gray. Shad Bush. Along streams and 

 in low grounds. Quite common in the northern and middle counties ; 

 less so in the southern parts of the State. 



Var. (?) oblongifolia, Torr. and Gray. Shad Bush. Similar situa- 

 tions, but much less common. 



SAXIFRAGACE^. 



Ribes, L CURRANT. GOOSEBERRY. 



R. Cynosbati, L. Wild Gooseberry. Rare, and confined to the 

 northern counties. Closter, C. F. Austin ; Preakness Mt., W. L. 

 Fischer. 



R. oxyacanthoides, L. Wild Gooseberry. Rare. Closter, C. F. 

 Austin ; Plainfield, Frank Tweedy. 



R. rotundifolium, Michx. Wild Gooseberry. Rocky places in the 

 northern counties. Warren Co., C. F. Parker; Fort Lee, Bergen Co., 

 W. H. Leggett. 



R. prostratum, L'Her. Fetid Currant. Very sparingly in the north- 

 ern parts of the State. Closter, C. F. Austin. 



R. floridum, L'Her. Wild Black Currant. Sparingly throughout. 

 Princeton, Dr. John Torrey ; Warren Co., F. Knighton ; Morris Co., 

 C. F. Austin ; Snake Hill, M. Ruger. 



R. rubrum, L. Red Currant. Sparingly escaped from cultivation 

 into woods and thickets. New Durham, T. F. Allen ; Plainfield, F. 

 Tweedy; Camden Co., C. F. Parker. Eu. 



Itea, L ITEA. 



I Virginica, L. Virginian Itea. Swamps in the southern and south- 

 eastern counties, and mostly confined to the pine barrens. Man- 

 chester, Ocean Co., P. D. Knieskern ; Tom's River, Jos. Schrenck. 



Hydrangea, Gronov HYDRANGEA. 



H. arborescens, L. Wild Hydrangea. Rocky places in the northern 

 parts of the State. Hunterdon and Warren Cos., C. F. Parker; Dela- 

 ware Water Gap, H. H. Rushy; near Phillipsburg, T. C. Porter. 



Parnassia, L GRASS OF PARNASSUS. 



P. Caroliniana, Michx. Grass of Parnassus. Sparingly in the 

 northern and middle counties. Sussex Co., A. P. Garber ; Closter, 

 Bergen Co., C. F. Austin; marl bunks, New Egypt, Ocean Co., O. R. 

 Willis; Great Meadows, Warren Co., Prof. Geo. H. Cook. 



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