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albidttm, Nuttall. While Erythronhim. 



Wet meadows. Near Albany, Eaton bot. Albany, Torrey Fl. N.Y.: in herb. 

 Sartwell Ham. Coll. Delaware county, common. B. D. Gilbert. 



Rare. April, May. 



MELANTHACEJ5. Melanthia. 



TJVULARIA, L. Bellworts. 



grandiflora, Smith. Large-flowered TJvularia. 



Flats of streams, damp woods. Common. May. 



perfoliata, L. Small-flowered TJvularia. 



Gulf-sides, borders of thickets. Ravines on the Deerfield hills. Frankfort 

 hill. Headwaters of the Sauquoit creek; of the Unadilla river; and south- 

 ward. Infrequent. May. 



sessilifolia, L. Sessile-leaved TJvularia. 



"Woods. Everywhere common. May. 



PROSARTES, Don. Prosartes. 



lanuginosa, Don. Downy Prosartes. 



Rich open woods about Oriskany, Knieskern. Auburn, Cayuga county, /. 

 Carey in herb. Sartwell Ham. Coll. Penn-Yan, Yates county, Sartwell. 

 Near Rochester, Eaton bot.: Z. H.Harris, Torrey Fl. N .Y.: C. M. Booth. 

 Greece, Monroe county, Bradley. Rare. May. 



STREPTOPUS, Michaux. 



amplexifolius, DC. Stem-clasping Streptopus. 



Cedar swamps. Fairfield, Hadley, Torrey Fl. N .Y. In most of the swamps 

 on the heights of Frankfort, near the Graefenberg Watercure ; and Litchfield, 

 Gray. Paris hill. Rare. June. 



roseus, Michz. Rosy-flowered Streptopus. 



Ravines and woods. Common. May. 



ZYGADENUS, Michaux. 



glaucus, Nuttall. Glaucous Zygadenus. 



On the gravelly banks of the St. Lawrence, in calcareous soil, Nuttall. 

 Abundant in the marly portions of the West-Bergen swamp, northeastern 

 Genesee county, chietiyin the shade of evergreens and throughout the arbor 

 vitas bordering the marsh : discovered by G. T.Fish. Rare. July. 



VERATRUM, Tournefort. American Hellebore. 



viride, Aiton. Green-flowered Veratrum. 



Wet meadows and swamps. Common. June. 



CHAM^ELIRIUM, Willdenow. Blazing-star. 



luteum, Gray. Light-yellow-floioered Chamalirium. 



Meadows and low woodlands. "Wet places in sandy woods near Owasco lake, 

 Cayuga county, /. H. Hall. Yates county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. 

 Rochester, Z. H. Harris in herb. Bradley . Rare. May, June. 



TOFIELDIA, Hudson. False Asphodel. 



GLUtinosa, Willd. Glutinous- stemmed Tofieldia. 



Wet moss and shallow bogs on the swamp of West-Bergen, Genesee county. 

 In these moist stations, the plants are large and abundant; but sometimes 

 they are found in nearly dry marly mud, in company with Scleria verticillata 

 and Carex crawei, when they are dwarfed in size, flowering at the height of 

 three to sis inches. Rare. June, July. 



