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In the following list, which is by no means complete, the let- 

 ter c means that the plant is moderately common in this section 

 of the city, s means the flower is scarce, and r that it is so rare 

 that only a few plants have been found. 



ALISMACEAE 



Water plantain 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit 

 Skunk cabbage 



Day flower 



Asparagus 

 Day lily 

 Bellwort 

 Catbrier 

 Carrion flower 

 False spikenard 

 Solomon's seal 

 Canada May flower 

 Adder's tongue 

 Star of Bethlehem 

 Wild garlic 

 Grape hyacinth 



Wild yam 



Alisma Plantago-aquatica s 

 ARACEAE 



Arisaema triphyllum c 

 Symplocarpus foetidus c 



COMMELINACEAE 



Commelina communis c 

 LILIACEAE 



Asparagas officinalis s 

 Hemerocallis fulva c 

 Oakesia sessilifolia s 

 Smilax rotundifolia s 

 Smilax herbacea c 

 Smilacina racemosa c 

 Polygonatum biflorum c 

 Maianthemum canadense c 

 Erythronium americanum c 

 Ornithogalum umbellatum c 

 Allium canadense c 

 Muscaria botryoides s 



DIOSCOREACEAE 



Dioscorea villosa s 

 AMARYLLIDACEAE 

 Yellow star grass Hypoxsis hirsuta c 



IRIDACEAE 



Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium c 



ORCHIDACEAE 



Pink lady's slipper 

 Ladies' tresses 

 Slender ladies' tresses 



Cypripedium acaule r 

 Spiranthes cernua s 

 Spiranthes gracilis s 



POLYGONACEAE 



Swamp dock 

 Curled dock 

 Sheep sorrel 

 Knotgrass 



Rumex verticillatus c 

 Rumex crispus c 

 Rumex acetosella c 

 Polygonum aviculare c 



