FLORA. 



Exioo-Eisrs. 



EANUU'CULACE^. 



(Crowfoot Family.) 



Clematis Virginlana, L. (VniGrN's Bowbb.) 

 Common. Climbing over bushes and low trees. 



Anemone eylindrica, Gray. (LoNG-rKuiTED Ajstemonb.) 



Legge's Hill (Kev. J. L. Russell) ; Andover (Mrs. Downs) ; etc. 



Not very common. 

 Anemone Virgiiiiana, X. 



Chebacco, Andover, Haverbill, etc. Frequent. 

 Anemone nemorosa, L. (Wood Anemone.) 



Very common among bushes in moist places. 

 Anemone Hepatica, L., Hepatlca triloba, Chaix. (Gray's Manual). 



(Hepatica.) 



Found January 16, 1871, opening its flowers after a few warm days. 



An unusual occurrence. Dry hard woods. Common. 



Thalictrxim anemonoides, MicTix. (Rue Anemone.) 



Dry woods. Not uncommon. 

 Tlialiotrum dioicum, L. (Early Meadow Rue.) 



Common in rocky places. 

 Thallctrum pnrpurascens, L. 



This species is found near Boston (C. E. Faxon), and very probably 



grows in the county, but has not yet been collected. 

 Tliallctnim Comuti, L. (Tall Meadow Ede.) 



Common. 



Banunculus aquatilis, i., var. trichophyllus, Chaix. (Com- 

 mon WHITE WaTER-CeOWFOOT.) 



Wenham, Chebacco and other ponds, but rarely in flower. 

 fiammculus multifidus, Fursh. (Yellow Water-Crowfoot.) 



Middleton, Essex, etc. Not rare. 

 Eanunetdus amtaigens, Watson, Ranunculus alismtefolius, Geyer 



(Gray's Manual). 



Collected by W. P. Conant not far beyond the county limits in New 



Hampshire. It is probable that this species will be found nearer. 



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