No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 215 



Frequent. Dry or moist roadsides, fields, thickets and 

 about old dwelling's. Aug. — Sept. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Rarely seen in flower. 



SEMPERVIVUM L. Houseleek. . 



Sempervivum tectorum L. (of dwellings). 

 Houseleek. Hen-and-chickens. 



Rare. Milford, long persistent and spreading from 

 former cultivation (Eames). July — Aug. Introduced from 

 Europe. 



SAXIFRAGACEAE. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 



SAXIFRAGA L. Saxifrage. 



Saxifraga pennsylvanica L. 

 Swamp Saxifrage. 



Swamps and wet meadows. Rare near the coast, occa- 

 sional or frequent elsewhere. May — June. 



The form with crimson petals has been collected at 

 New Milford by Miss S. R. Arming^on. 



Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. 



Saxifrage. Early or Spring Saxifrage. Mayflower. 



Frequent or common. Ledges, banks and in rocky woods. 

 April — early June. 



A form with double flowers occurs at Kent (H. Mosher). 



TIARELLA L. False Miterwort. 



Tiarella cordifolia L. (having heart-shaped leaves). 

 Foam-flower. False Miterwort. Coolwort. 



Rich, wet and often rocky woods. Rare or local in most 

 districts: North Branford (F. W. Hall), New Haven (D. C. 

 Eaton), Bridgeport (Eames), Torrington (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps), Kent (C. K. Averill). Frequent in Granby and 

 northern Litchfield County. May — mid- June. 



A beautiful plant well worthy of cultivation. Herb 

 medicinal. 



HEUCHERA L. Alum Root. 



Heuchera americana L. 



Common Alum Root. American Sanicle. 



