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Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. 

 Early saxifrage 

 Stony banks of the river and in thickets. Common. April-May. 



Tiarella cordifolia L. 

 Coolwort. False miter wort 

 Rich, moist woods and shaded ravines. Common. May. 



Mitella diphylla L. 

 Miterwort 

 In rich woods with the preceding. Common. May. 



Chrysoplenium americanum Schwein. 

 Golden saxifrage. Water carpet 

 Wet. shaded places. Common. May. 



GROSSULARIACEAE 

 Ribes cynosbati L. 

 Wild gooseberry 

 Old fields, thickets and fence rows. Frequent. May. 



Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 



Round-leaved goose'berry 



Rocky woods in the vicinity of Barton. Infrequent. May. 



Ribes prostratum L'Her. 

 Fetid currant 

 Cold, wet places near Barton. Occasional. May. 



Ribes floridanum L'Her. 

 Wild Made currant 

 Woods and thickets. Rather common. May. 



Ribes rubruin L. 



♦ Red currant 



Cultivated for its fruit, but sometimes it escapes to roadsides. 



Mav. 



Ribes aureum Pursh 



Golden currant 



This also is cultivated for its fruit and its fragrant flowers, but 



it occasionally' escapes and grows spontaneously. May. 



