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RiBEs PROSTEATUM L'Her. Common in low moist woods. 



RiBES vuLGARE Lam. Rare. Fields near old house, Nas- 

 keag- Point, Brooklin (No. 2065). 



HAMAMELIDACEAE 



HA>rA:\[ELis viEGixiAXA L. Infrequent. Low moist woods 



and thickets. 



ROSACEAE 

 Spiraea latifolia Borkh. Abundant in thickets and low 



ground. 

 Spiraea tomextosa L. Very common in open fields and 



moist ground. 

 SoRBARTA soRBiFOLiA (L.) A. Br. Occasioiial. Escaped 



from cultivation, Brooklin (ISTo. 997 ) ; Swans Island (Nos. 



771, 2877). 

 Pyeus Malus L. Frequent. Escaped from cultivation. 

 Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L.f., var. atropurpurea (Britton) 



Robinson. Common in wet ground and frequent on head- 

 lands. 

 Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx. ) Willd. Frequent in low 



ground and on the barren slopes and summits of hills. 

 Pyrus Americana (Marsh.) DC. Common in moist woods. 

 *Pyrus sitchensis (Roem.) Piper. Isle an Haut (J. C. 



Arthur). 

 ^Amelanohier canadensis (L.) ]\[edic. Isle au Haut (J. 



C. Arthur) ; ]\roores Harbor, Isle au Haut (X. T. Kidder). 



In Graves ''Woody Plants of Brooklin, Maine,"' the 



author cites Amehmchier canadensis as being common. 



The specimens from this locality in the herbarium of Yale 



University, however, are hybrids between .4. laeris and 



some other species. 

 1. Rhodora 12: 180 (1910). 



