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8. L. Xylosteum L. Escaped from cultivation: E. N. S. Native 



of Europe and Asia. 



Rare as an escape from gardens in most parts of the range. 



9. L. tatarica L. Escaped from cultivation: E. N. Am. Native 



of Asia. 



Not very common, as a garden escape. 



Lonicera orientalis has been collected as an escape in Conn.; scarcely persistent. It is 

 a native of Asia. 



7. Diervilla [Tourn.] Mill. 

 1. D. Diervilla (L.) MacM. In dry or rocky woodlands: Newf. 

 to the N. W. Terr., N. Car. and Mich. 

 Conn. Throughout the state. 



N. Y. Unknown on L. I. as a wild plant; S. I., not uncom- 

 mon in the Bronx, thence increasing northward. 

 N. J. Hunterdon," Somerset and Union counties, increasing 



northward; reported from Cumberland Co. 

 Pa. Pike, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, 

 (?) Philadelphia, and Chester counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. 117-220 days. Sea level-3,980 ft. 



ADOXACEAE 



1. Adoxa L. 

 1. A. Moschatellina L. In shaded rocky places: Arctic America 

 to N. Y., Iowa, Wise, S. Dak. and Col. Also in Europe and 

 Asia. 



Known in our area only from Arkville, Delaware Co., N. Y., 

 there rare. This is a region north of the moraine with an elevation 

 of about 2,000 ft., and a growing season of about 125 days. 



VALERIANACEAE 



Fruit i-celled; persistent calyx-lobes becoming awn-like; tall herbs. I. Valeriana. 

 Fruit 3-celled; calyx-lobes minute or none; low herbs. 2. Valerianella. 



I. Valeriana [Tourn.] L. 



Lower leaves spatulate, often entire; plant glabrous. I. V. uliginosa. 



All the leaves pinnately divided; plant pubescent. 2. V. officinalis. 



