\ar. saxosum ( Hook.) Fern. 

 Occasional in range of species. 



\'ar. calcicola Fern. 

 Snecimen from Dalton. 



R. Grossularia L. European Gooseberry. 



Rare escape; collections from Milan and Manchester; introduced from Europe. 



R. lacustre ( Pers.) Poir. Bristly Black Currant. 



Confined to northern and nortl: central New Hampshire where frequent at low 

 and medium elevations, reachino- soutliern limits on southern slope of Sandwi:h 

 Range in Sandwich ; occurring chiefly in rocky and swampy woods. 



R. glandulosum Grauer. Skunk-Currant. 



Frequent throughout except near coast, extending into alpine areas of Presidential 

 Range ; talus slopes, swamps, and damp woods. 



R. triste Pall. Wild Red Currant. 



Infrequent: found mostly in the vicinity of the \\'hite ^lountains and northward, 

 outlying stations to south in Holderness and Wolfeboro; cool, damo woods mostly 

 at low and medium elevations extending into subalpine areas of Presidential Range. 



R. sativum Syme. Red or Garden-Currant. 



I'ormerlv a common escape in thickets and woods in southern Xew Hamp.shire, 

 rare northward, occurring near habitations: naturalized from Europe. 



R. americanum Mill. \\'ild Black Currant. 



Mostlv southern and central Xew Hamnshire, outlying station in Whitefield: a 

 lo:al species of rich soil in thickets and woods. 



R. nigrum L. Black Currant. 



An infretiuent escape near habitations: introduced from Euro':)e. 



R. cdoratum Wendland f. Missouri Currant. 



Rare escai^e, collections from Walpole and Marlboro : introduced from farther 

 west in the United States. 



Hamamelis virginiana L. var. virginiana. Witch-hazel. 



Frequent throughout at low altitudes: woods, thickets and open areas. 



\'?r. parvifolia Nutt. 



Specimens from Manchester and Bartlett are sufificiently pubsecent to fit this taxon ; 

 several other specimens have slig'htly pubescent leaves. 



Platanus occidentalis L. Sycamore, Buttonwood. 



Occurs spontaneously in rocky stream-beds or along streams and pond-shores as 

 far north as Lee and Surry as well as along the lower Connecticut River ; such trees 

 may be indigenous, or if not, they are at least thoroughly naturalized from farther 

 west or south; often planted and obviously introduced elsewhere. 



Physocarpus opulifolius CL.) Maxim. Ninebark. 



An occasional escape from plantings in central and soutliern X'ew Hampshire ; 

 none of stations arc believed to be indigenous : introduced from elsewhere in the 

 United States. 



Spiraea latifolia (Ait.) Borkh. var. latifolia. Meadowsweet. 



Widely distributed and common throughout at low elevations in moist situations 

 and pastures ; ascending to 4,000 feet, or above on rocky slopes and summits in the 

 \\'hite Mountains. 



\'ar. septentrionalis Fern. 



Mostly in alpine areas of Presidential and Franconia Ranges; occasionally at 

 lower elevations where tends to hybridize with var. latifolia: Rhodora 10:254-255, 

 1917. 



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