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are marked either abundant or common. This bears out the 

 impHcation made that though the flora is extremely hmited as 

 regards the number of species, it is at no time lacking in 

 flowers, but on the contrary is more heavily spread with bloom 

 than any other locality adjacent. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



Taraxacum officinale. Dandelion. Abundant. 



'Antennaria sp? Mouse-ear plantain. Common. 



Fragaria Virginica. Strawberry. Abundant. 



Carex Pennsylvanica. Sedge. Abundant. 



Viola Spf Blue violet. A species near ovata. Very abundant. 



Pedicularis Canadensis. Lousewort. Common. 



O.valis violacca. Purple oxalis. Not common. 



Hoiistonia coerulea. Bluets. Common. 



Claytonia Virginica. Spring beauty. Rare. 



Hypoxis erecta. Star grass. Abundant. 



Viola lanceolata. Lance-leaved violet. Abundant. 



Viola ohliqua. Common blue violet. Not Common. 



Viola pedata. Bird-foot violet. Rare. On sand banks only, 



Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum. Blueberry. Rare, in sand. 



Vaccinium Canadense. Blueberry. Rare ; with the preceding. 



Commandra umbellata. False toad-flax. Abundant. 



Dodecatheon media. Shooting star. Not common. 



Potentilla Canadensis. Cinquefoil. Abundant. 



Phlox pilosa. Downy phlox. Common. 



Zizia aurea. Golden Alexanders. Tolerablv common. 



Lithosperum puhescens. Orange puccoon. Not common. 



Lithospermmn angustifolinm. Yellow puccoon. Rare. 



Ranuncidus cymhalaria. Celandine. Very rare. 



Castilleja coccinea. Painted cup. Abundant. 



Senecio aureus. Squaw-seed. Very abundant. 



Heuchera Americana. Alum root. Common. 



Sisyrinchium spf Blued-eyed grass. Common. 



Krigia Virginica. Cynthia. Abundant. 



