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Trip of April 25 to the Local Flora Section 

 OF THE Brooklyn Botanic Garden 



About 25 members and guests of the club came to the 

 BrookKn Botanic C^iarden to visit the Local Flora Section, now 

 about 5 years old. As Dr. Svenson was away on a collecting 

 trip in the South, the group was met by a substitute leader. 



In spite of the cold weather which delayed the flowering of 

 many plants, about 50 species were seen in bloom, all in their 

 characteristic habitats prepared for them in the Garden. 



In a shallow sandy pond the bare spikes of Orontium 

 aquaticum stood up; and around the border of this pond 

 Myrica carolinensis and Myrica asplenifolia were showing stam- 

 inate catkins. In a typical sand barren the flowers of Corema 

 Conradii were still out, and those of Viola pedata var. lineari- 

 loba were just beginning to open. 



Kalmia polifolia was in bud in the bog; and in the moist area 

 around its borders Chamaedaphne calyculata, Ilelonias bullata, 

 and Myrica Gale (staminate) were still in flower, and Rhodo- 

 dendron canadense almost ready to burst into bloom. In a sandy 

 area near the bog Leiophyllum buxifolium was full of tiny buds 

 and Pyxidanthera barbulata in full bloom. A little patch of 

 Epigaea repens was blooming in dry sand; and in the shelter of 

 a rock wall on the southwest was Viola rotundifolia. Saxifraga 

 virginiensis was the only plant in bloom on the serpentine slope. 



Along the brook were flowers of Coptis trifolia, Viola affinis, 

 and Mertensia virginica, as well as old flowers of Symplocarpus 

 foetidus; and in the meadow at the outlet of the brook Caltha 

 palustris and Trollius laxus were blooming and fruiting both 

 at once. 



The rich woodland section was full of spring flowers, some 

 of the most interesting of which were Trillium grandiflorum and 

 Trillium erectum, Uvularia grandiflora (buds), Asarum cana- 

 dense, Caulophyllum thalictroides, Jeffersonia diphylla, Podo- 

 phyllum peltatum (in bud), Sanguinaria canadensis, Mitella 

 diphylla, and half a dozen species of violets. 



The more open wooded slope was almost a solid mass of 

 Viola latiuscula, with a few other species intermingled, such as 

 Claytonia caroliniana and Claytonia virginica, Hepatica acuti- 

 loba, Ranunculus fascicularis, Ranunculus hispidus, and Aqui- 

 legia canadensis. Hester W. Rusk 



