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Gloucester— Repaupo (He.). Salem— Ditches at Salem (He.). Mercer— 

 Trenton (C). 

 New Castle— Near Edgemoor. 



19. FICARIA Huds. 

 1. Ficaria Ficaria (L.) Karst. Lesser Celandine. M. p. 430. Escaped 

 from gardens. Spring. 

 Philadelphia— Wissahickon (Je.) (Me.) (St.), West Park in Nurseries. 

 (VP.). Delaware— Lansdowne (Mac). 



20. OXYGRAPHIS Bunge. 

 1. Oxygraphis Cymbalaria (Pursh.) Prantl. Seaside Crowfoot. M. p. 

 430. Sandy shores. Summer. 

 Atlantic— Atlantic City (He.). .Ocean— Point Pleasant (Br.) (Te.). 

 Monmouth— Ocean Grove, Brielle, Manasquan, Shark Eiver (C). 



21. -THALICTRUM L. Meadow Rue. 



Filaments filiform or slender, not wider than the anthers.. 



Flowera strictly dioecious; lower stem leaves distinctly petioled. 



1. T. dioicum. 

 Flowers polygamous; leaflets usually glandular or waxy; stem leaves 

 almost sessile. 2. T. purpurascens. 



Filaments spatulate, often wider than the anthers ; plant not glandular. 



3. T. polygamwm. 



1. Thalictrum dioicum L. M. p. 431. Bocky woods. Spring. 



2. Thalictrum purpurascens L, M. p. 431. Dry uplands and rocky hills. 



Summer. 



3. Thalictrum polygamum Muhl. M. p., 431. Wet meadows and along 



rivulets. Summer. 



Family 6. BERBERIDACEAE T. &. G. Barberry Family. 



Shrubs; fruit baccate. 1. Berberis. 



Herbs. 



Anthers opening by valves. 



Pericarp early bursting, leaving two large, naked, stalked seeds, 

 resembling berries. 2. Caulophyllum. 



Fruit capsular, half circumscissile. 3. Jefersonia. 



Anthers longitudinally dehiscent; fruit baccate; stamens 6-18. 



4. Podophyllum. 



1. Berberis vulgaris L. Bprberry. M. p. 432. Thickets. Early summer. 



Philadelphia — Germantown (Je.). Bucks — Bensalem, Mart. (Fr.), 

 Jericho Hill (Ws.). Delaware— Painter's Arboretum (He.) (Le.). North- 

 ampton— Easton, Porter (B.C.) (Ca.). 



Monmouth — Redbank, Mattawan, Sandy Hook, Oceanic, Seabright (C). 

 Middlesex— Woodbridge (C). 



New Castle — Richardson's Mill, Canby. 



2. CAULOPHYLLUM Michx. 



1. Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh, Pappoose-root. 

 M. p. 432. Rich woods. Spring. 

 Philadelphia— Manayunk, Mart. (B. C), Wissahickon (Je.), Shawmont 



