FLORA OK THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



thinly wooded slopes in company with the Hepatica and Rue 

 Anemone. Seldom found in tlie lowlands. Our earliest Crow- 

 foot. May. 

 R. septentrionalis l\)ir. Swami- Buttercup. Found usually in 

 swamps and along streams. Produces long runners in summer. 

 The plant is quite variable in size and foliage, and in certain 

 phases may be easily mistaken for A*, fascicularis and R. rc- 

 pens. June-August. 



R. repens L. CkKEriNc Crowfoot or Buttercup. Common. 

 Oxford, CovilU. Chenango valley near Binghamton, Mills- 

 paui::h. Common along the Susquehanna at Apalachin, Feiino. 

 Very common at Sayre and Lockwood, Barbour. A variety of 

 this, with white-spotted, hairy leaves and prostrate stems, has 

 found its way into many lawns in the city of Binghamton. The 

 whole plant is so low that mowing does not harm it, Cliite. 

 July. August. 



R. Pennsylvanicus L. Bristly Crowfoot. Found in wet soil, 

 usually in the open. Scarce, Graves. Noyes island, Mills- 

 paugh. Willow Point, not common, Cliite. Common, Fenno. 

 Occasional, Lucy. Upper Unadilla valley, Ellsworth. July. 

 August. 



R. hispidus Michx. Moist woods in Chemung county. Not in- 

 free |uent, Lucy. Has been confused with R. repcfis, fasciciila- 

 ria and septentrionalis. vShould be looked for in other parts. 



R. bulbosus L. Bulhous Crowfoot. Found sparingly in pas- 

 tures near Oxford, Cavil le. Not common along the Unadilla 

 river. Brown. South slope Asylum hill, Binghamton, Mills- 

 pangh. Just south of our range this plant is very common in 

 certain local itie.s. 



R. acris I>. Co.mmon Buj iercup. Tall Buttercup. Abundant, 

 especially in wet meadows, where it often forms the principal 

 vegetation. June-August. 



CALTHA L. 



C. palustris J>. xMaksii-Maricold. Cowslip. Abundant in 

 swamps and wet woodlands; rarer in the western part of our 

 range. Not common, L\nno. Rare in Chemung county, Lucy. 



