PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 77 



WALDSTEINIA, Willd. Barren Strawberry. 



• fragarioides, Trattinick. Strawberry-like Waldsteinia. 



Dry woods under the shade of hemlocks or arbor vita;, hillsides of streams', 

 sometimes in swamps. Frequent. May -August. 



POTENTILLA, L. Cinquefoils. 



• norvegica, L. Norwegian Potentilla. 



Roadsides, fields, pastures. Common. June - August. 



« canadensis, L. Canadian Potentilla. 



Sandy wastes. Common at Schenectady, Pearson. Pine plains, Rome, and 

 sandy fields near the head of Oneida lake, Knieskern. 



Frequent. May - September. 



var. pumila, Torr.8f Gr. Dwarf Potentilla. 



Old pastures. Common. April - June. 



var. simplex, Torr. 8f Gr. Simple- stemmed Potentilla. 



Copses and clearings. Abundant. May - August. 



% ARGENTEA, L. Silvery Potentilla. 



Chiefly on rocks and gravelly banks. Schenectady. Littlefalls. Below Wa- 

 tertown. About Oneida lake. Frequent. May - September. 



• arguta, Pursh. Sharp-serrated-leaved Potentilla. 



Open rocky hills, Tarrytown, I. H. Hall. Sides of Wolf hollow, Schenectady 

 county, E. W. Paige. Rare. June - August. 



i anserina, L. Silverweed. Goose Potentilla. 



Shores of rivers and lakes. Near Sanders's lake, Pearson. Borders of Otsego 

 lake, B. D. Gilbert. Common all round Onondaga lake. Crooked lake, Sart- 

 ivell. Rare. June - November. 



^fruttcosa, L. Shrubby Potentilla. 



Cold swamps. Summit lake, on the hill-top between Fort-Plain and Coo- 

 perstown, source of the Susquehanna, where it covers acres of open marsh 

 land. Abundant on the cliffs of Fish creek from Taberg, northward; espe- 

 cially near Fall brook, hanging from the clefts of the rocks as far and as 

 high as the eye can reach. It has been found also at Junius, Seneca county, 

 by Sartwell ; at Greece, Monroe county, by Bradley ; at Bergen, Genesee 

 county, by Gi T.Fish; and at Avon, Livingston county, by G. W. Clinton. 



Rare. June - August. 



palustris, Scopoli. Marsh Potentilla. 



Cold marshes. Summit lake, Otsego county. Hidden lake. Litchfield. Swamp 

 west of Fort Bull, Rome. Abundant in the streams and low lands at the 

 head of Oneida lake. Common on the marshes in the 'northern part of the 

 county, and about the lakes of the north woods. Rare. May - September. 



FRAG ARIA, Tourn. Strawberries. 



« virginiana, Ehrhart. Wild Strawberry. 



Woods, pastures, meadows. Everywhere. April - October. 



♦vesca, L. Alpine, Edible Strawberry. 



Rocks, around old stumps and logs, evergreen woods. Common. May. 



A variety with different leaves and bearing white fruit, occurs rarely in 

 the north woods. Trenton falls, borders of the wood south of Moore's Hotel, 

 William Calverly. Also Delaware county, B. D. Gilbert. June. 



DALIBARDA, L. Dewdrop. False Violet. 



. repens, L. Creeping Dalibarda. 



Moist banks, evergreen woods and swamps . Common. May - August. 



