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Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. 

 Early fiaxifrage 

 Stony banks of the river and in thickets. Common. Ai)pil-May. 



Tiarella cordifolia L. 

 CooltDort. False miterivort 

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



Mitella diphylla L. 

 Bliterwort 

 In rich woods with the preceding. Common. May. 



Chrysoplenium americanum Schwein. 

 Golden saxifrage. Water carpet 

 Wet, shaded places. Common. May. 



GROt^SULARIACEAE 

 Ribes cynosbati L. 

 Wild goosederry 

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



Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 



Round-leaved gooseberry 



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 black currant 

 Woods and thickets. Rather common. May. 



Ribes rubrum L. 



Red currant 



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



May. 



Ribes aureum Pursh 



Golden currant 



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



it occasionally escapes and grows spontaneously. May. 



