PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 105 



PRIMTj LACE^E. Primroses, 



PKIMULA, L. 



MISTASSINICA, Michaux. From Lake Mistassinnie. 



Clitfs of Fish creek, from Taberg northward; in the crevices of dry rocks 

 and on the surface of wet precipices, with, but outnumbering, Saxifraga 

 aizoides. Near dripping watjr the plants grow most abundantly and hirgest, 

 often eight or ten inches in height, and bearing a cluster of as many flowers. 

 These vary in color, from pure white, through ditierent shades of pink, to 

 deep blue. The leaves also vary in form, from round obovate to oblong lan- 

 ceolate ; often entire, commonly more or less toothed ; usually smooth beneath, 

 but frequently Avhite mealy. A whole clifF-side scattered over with these 

 variegated Primroses is one of the loveliest siglits in all our flora. 



It has been found also in the deep ravine of Hammondsport at the head 

 of Crooked lake, Steuben county, by Dr. Sartwkll. These stations are the 

 southern limits of the plant. In the northern part of the continent its range 

 is extensive, from Labrador and Lake Mistassinnie, to the Kocky mountains 

 and the Northwest coast; and northward to the Arctic circle. 



Local. Latter part of May. 



DODECATHEOX, L. American Cowslip. 



MEADiA, L. Mead's Dodecitheon. 



Rich banks. Steuben counly, Sartwdl in herb. Ham. Coll. Rev. Mr. Bjst- 

 wicK, formerly of Hammondsport, found this on the Conhoctoa river below 

 Bath, and introduced it to his garden, from which I collected specimens, 

 Sartwell. Rare. May. 



TRIENTALIS, L. Maij-star, 



AMERICANA, Pursh. American Trientalis. 



Moist woods. Common. May. 



LYSIMACHIA, L. Loosestrifes. 



STRICTA, Aiton. Upright Lysimachia. 



Marshy places. June, July. 



QTJADRiFOLiA, L. WhorUd-leaved Lysimachia. 



Open sandy woods; wet grasslands. Abundant. Jtme. 



CILIATA, L. Fringed Lysimachia. 



Borders of streams, swamps Common on the shaded banks of the Mohawk, 

 in deep low woods, and cedar swamps on the hills. July, August. 



NAUMBURGIA, Mcench. Naumburgia. 



THrRSiPLORA, Rsichenbach. Thyrsoid Naumburgia. 



Low meadows of the Mohawk, below Utica, below Oriskany. Swamps on 

 the hills, from Summit lake to Cedar lake and Graefenberg hill. Paris hill. 

 Abundant in the swamps of Rome. Frequent. Juue. 



SxVMOLUS, L. Water Pimpernel. 



VALERANDi, L., var. AMERiCANus, Gray. American Samolus. 



Rivulet-sides, grassy marshes. Oriskany valley; Oriskany, Manchester. 

 Abundant about Onondaga lake, along muddy banks, especially at its head, 

 Salina. Infrequent. July - September. 



HOTTONIA, L. Featherfoil. 



INFLATA, Elliott. Injlated-peduncled Hottonia. 



Still water. Two or three miles west of Dexter, Jeflferson county, Vasey. 



^Rare. June. 



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