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PRIMULACE^. Primroses. 



PEIMULA, L. 



MiSTAssiNiCA, Michiux. From Lake Mistassinnie. 



Cliirs of Fish creek, from Taberg nortliward; in the crevices of dry rdcks 

 and on tlie surface of wet precipices, with, hut outnumbering, Saxifraga 

 aizoides. Near driiiping water tlio plants grow most abundantly and largest, 

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

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

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

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

 but frequently white mealy. A whole cliff-side scattered over with these 

 variegated Primro.>!('s is one of the loveliest sights 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 Rocky mountains 

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



Local. Latter part of May. 



DODECATHEON, L. American Cowslip. 



JIEADIA, L. Mead's Bodecitheon. 



Rich banks. Steuben counly, SurtocZ/ in kerb. Ham. Coll. Rev. Mr. Bost- 

 wiOK, formerly of Ilammondsport, found this on the Conhocton river below 

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

 Sartwell. Rare. May. 



TRIENTALIS, L. May-star. 



AJIEEICANA, Pursh. American Trientalis. 



Moist woods. Common. May. 



LYSIMACHIA, L. Loosestrifes. 



STRICTA, Aiton. Upright Lysimachia. 



Marshy places. June, July. 



QUADRIFOLIA, L. Whorled-leaved Lysimachia. 



Open sandy woods; wet grasslands. Abuniant. June. 



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. 



NAUMBDRGIA, Manch. Naumburgia. 



THYRSIPLORA. Rzichenhach. Thyrsoid Naumburgia. 



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



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



Abundant in the swamps of Rome. Frequent. June. 



SAMOLUS, L. Water Pimpernel. 



VALERANDI, L., var. AMERICANUS, Gray. American Samolus. 



Rivulet-.sides, gi-assy 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. Inflated-peduncled Hottonia. 



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



^Kare. June. 



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