No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 235 



Ulmaria Ulmaria Barnh. 

 Spiraea Ulmaria L. 



Meadow-sweet. Honey-sweet. Mead-sweet. Queen of the 

 Meadow. Meadow Queen. Bridewort. English Meadow- 

 sweet. 



Rare or local. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and 

 waste places: East Windsor and Southington (Bissell), Ox- 

 ford (Harger), Trumbull, Norwalk and Ridgefield (Eames). 

 July — mid-Aug. Native of Europe. 



Filipendula hexapetala Gilib. (six-petaled) . 

 Spiraea Filipendula L. 

 Pride of the Meadow. Dropwort. 



Rare. Southington, escaped from cultivation to a road- 

 side (Andrews). May — June. Fugitive from Europe. 



GEUM L. Avens. 



Geum canadense J acq. 



Geum album J. F. Gmel. 

 White Avens. Herb Bennet. 



Frequent or common. Woods, thickets and shaded places. 

 Mid-June — Aug. 



Geum flavum (Porter) Bicknell (yellow). 

 Cream-colored Avens. 



Occasional. Rocky woods, thickets and partially shaded 

 places. Mid- June — Aug. 



Geum virginianum L. 



Rough or White Avens. Herb Bennet. Chocolate-root. 



Frequent. Wet meadows, low thickets and along streams. 

 Mid-June — July. 



Geum strictum Ait. (strict or straight). 

 Yellow or Field Avens. Herb Bennet. 



Rare or local. Open swamps, wet pastures or sometimes in 

 dry ground. Late June — mid-Aug. 



Geum rivale L. (of brook-sides). 



Purple, Water or Drooping Avens. Chocolate-root. Indian 

 Chocolate-root. 

 Wet or bogg)' meadows. Rare near the coast: C^riswold 



