56 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



The peculiar habit of the plant carpeting the ground in patches, its prostrate 

 flowering stems, the low flowers, beaked fruit, small thick dark green leaves, 

 distinguish the species. Local. May - July. 



BULBOSUS, L. Bulbous Buttercup. 



Roadsides, pastures, borders of woods. Schenectady county, abundant on 

 the hillsides south of the Mohawk, Chenango county. Scarce. May- July. 



jiCRIS, L. Yellow-weed. Acrid Buttercup. 



Way-sides, meadows, everywhere. Common. June - November. 



CALTHA, L. Spring Cowslip. 



PALUSTRis, L. Marsh Marigold. 



"Wet meadows and swamps. Common. April - June. 



TROLLIUS, L. American Globe-Jlower. 



LAXUS, Salisbury. Spreading Trollius, 



Frequent in arbor-vitae swamps on the south range of hills, from Summit 

 lake, Otsego county, through the cedar swamps of south Herkimer county. 

 Bridgewater and along the Oriskany creek, below Clinton, Gray. Three miles 

 west of Utica, near the Chenango canal, in abundance. 



In exposed places, the American is not inferior in size or beauty to the 

 European Globe-flower. It stands from two to three feet high, has dark 

 green leaves, and bears flowers frequently two and a half inches in diameter, 

 which, in the sun, are deep golden yellow, veined above and tinged beneath 

 with green, A few flowers are sent up in autumn, but are cut down by the 

 first frost; yet perfectly formed flowers and leaves lie near the surface of the 

 ground during winter, enclosed in radical sheaths. In early spring, these 

 appear and exjjand fully at the height of two or three inches. Later, the 

 plants crowd in hemispherical clusters, which are covered with flowers : at 

 this height, twelve to fifteen inches, these are largest and most beautiful. 

 Others rise, until the last and highest about the middle of May, so that the 

 plant is in bloom during a month or more. April, May. 



COPTIS, Salisburij. Goldthread. 



TRIFOLIA, Salisb. Three-leaved Coptis, 



Moist woods under evergreens. Abundant. May, June. 



AQUILEGIA, Tourn. Columbine. 



CANADENSIS, L. American Columbine. 



Clefts of rocks, rocky hillsides, and even in sandy soil. 



Common. April - October. 



ACONITUM, Tourn. ' Acordte. Monkshood. 



UNCINATUM, L. Hook-hehneted Monkshood. 



In wet places on mountains. Chenango county, Major J. LeConte, Torrey 

 Cat. and Fl. N.Y. Local. July, August. 



ZANTHORHIZA, Marshall. Shrub Yellow-root. 



APiiFOLiA, L^Heritier. Celery-leaved Zanthorhiza. 



In a deep ravine, Sherburne, eleven miles s )uth of Hamilton, J.S.Douglass, 

 Torrey Fl.N.Y., Gray hot. Cultivated by Prof. O. Root, in a ravine on 

 Coll.ge Hill, Clinton, where it flourishes : remains long in flower. 



April — June. 



HYDRASTIS, L. Herb Yellow-root. 



CANADENSIS, L. Orange-root. 



Moist woods and wet meadows. Clinton, Dr. Sefh Hastings. Oneida county 

 and vicinity; Greec3, Bradley. Yates county, rare, Sartwell. Abundant in 

 open woods in Niagara county, Kniiskern. Rare. April, May. 



