No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 2I9 



1842), Salisbury, wet cold woods about Bingham Pond 

 ( Bissell) . May — June. 



Ribes prostratum L'Her. (prostrate). 

 Skunk, Fetid or Mountain Currant. 



Rare. Swampy woods: Colebrook (Weatherby), Norfolk 

 (J. H. Barbour), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). May — 

 June. 



Ribes vulgare Lam. (common). 



Ribes rubrum of Britton's Manual in part. 

 Garden Red or Red Currant. Wine Currant. 



Occasional. Escaped from cultivation to fence-rows, road- 

 sides and waste places throughout ; also occurs in rocky woods 

 and on borders of swamps in wild and remote places in the 

 northern part of the state, appearing as if native in such situa- 

 tions, although the species is regarded as introduced in 

 America. Late April — May ; fruit mid-June — July. Natural- 

 ized from Europe. 



A well known small fruit in cultivation. It is an interest- 

 ing fact that in Southington the same plant is growing in the 

 same rock crevice where it was fifty-five years ago (Andrews). 



Ribes odoratum Wendland (fragrant). 

 Ribes aiireiim of authors, not Pursh. 

 Missouri, BuflFalo. Flowering, Clove, Sweet or Golden Currant. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and about 

 old houses: Montville (Graves), Scotland (G. Waldo), Ox- 

 ford (Harger). Easton and Danbury (Fames). New Milford 

 (Eames & E. H. Austin). Mid- April — May; fruit late July 

 — Aug. Adventive from the West. 



The fruit is edible. Often cultivated as an ornamental 

 shrub. 



HAMAMELIDACEAE. WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY. 



HAMAMELIS L. Witch-hazel. 



Hamamelis virginiana L. 



Witch-hazel. Spotted, Witch or Snapping Alder. 



Common. Moist or wet often rocky places. Sept. — Oct. 

 In some situations it is a valuable shrub for late-flowering 



