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world is drawn under consideration, plants which used t 
__ in spite of this habit. 
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Agisema triphyllum TORR... 6... evi Ss Ap. S. 2.5 d 
remisispectapilig: Ly, 3.) wateve.s pai ive cs posse S$ My. Jn 6.3' -2e5e 
Habenaria viridis, var. Ss Jn 4.5 2.00 
Habenaria orbiculata T: S Jn. Jy 4.5 — 2:00 
Goodyera pubescens R. Br A Jn. J fy) .10 
Corallorhiza multiflora Nu Jy. Aug. 3.6 155078 
Cypripedium parviflorum Sa.isB Ss My. Jn. - 8.75 
Trillium erythrocarpum M vies Ap. My. 5.50 
Glisten, borealis: RAPES. 66. sies sat Gee oad i] n. 3.0 75 a 
Polygonatum biflorum ELL S Ap. My. Jn, 3.0 75. i 
Sniilacina racemosa DesF Ss My. Jn. 2.5 33 
In Thalictrum dioicum the inflorescence was in a more ad- 
vanced state of development than the leaves. The inflores- 
cence of Waldsteinia fragarioides lies in the axil of the upper 
scales of the scaly bud, or of the lowest succeeding leaf. 
That of Mitella diphylla has a scaly covering of its own, in 
addition to the scales of the winter bud in general, to which 
it stands in the relation of a lateral bud. The inflorescence 
son permits their ready appearance in spring. It, will b 
noticed, however, from the preceding table that even flowers 
blooming as late as July and August may develop their bud 
during the previous summer. Occasionally plants mistak 
the cold winds of the earlier part of October for winter, and — 
the warm, sunny days of Indian summer for spring. In tha 
case the flower buds prepared for the succeeding spring ar 
enumerated at other times, the wild strawberry, Fragari 5 
as very frequently found in blossom this” 
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fall, so that thousands of flowering specimens could have 
t 
been collected. 
n quite a number of cases, when the flora of the whol 
flower in the spring only have taken up the habit of flower 
ing in the late fall, and have succeeded in ripening their seeds, 
They were able to flower already i 
