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N. S. and e. Que. to Minn., southw. to Ga. and Mo., but rare on the Coastal Plain. 



A form with dull red fruit (forma rnbrocarpa Killip, see Rept. N. Y. State Bot., 

 1921, p. 40) is occasional, as on the pinnacles of Caroline and the hills of Danby and 

 Newfield, and around the McLean Bogs. This may be of hybrid origin. 



2. A. rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red Baneberry. Red Cohosh. 



In situations similar to the preceding, possibly in drier and more acid soils ; fre- 

 quent. Apr. 25-May 25 ; flowering a week earlier than the preceding species. 



Danby (£>.) ; Bald Hill, Caroline (£>.) ; Six Mile Creek (DA) ; Fall Creek (DA) ; 

 Renwick slope; McGowan Woods (D.) ; Dryden-Lansing Swamp (D.) ; Paine 

 Creek ; Elm Beach, Romulus ; and elsewhere. 



Lab. to S. Dak., southw. to N. J., Pa., Tenn., and Nebr. ; rare on the Coastal Plain. 



Plants with white fruit (forma neglecta (Gillman) Robinson) are occasional, and 

 are probably albinos. 



4. Trollius L. 

 I. T. laxus Salisb. Globe Flower. 



About marl springs, and in other wet calcareous soils ; frequent. May-June 15. 



Swamps s. of Key Hill (D.\) ; Danby (D.); Michigan Hollow; Larch Meadow 

 (DA.) ; Ellis Hollow; headwaters of n. branch of Six Mile Creek; Fir Tree Swamp 

 between Slaterville and Dryden; n. e. of Etna; swamp near Freeville (DA.); Mud 

 Creek, Freeville (DA.); Malloryville (DA.); Beaver Brook springs (DA.); West 

 Dryden (D.) ; near Benson Corners; and elsewhere. 



W. Conn, to Mich., southw. to Del. and Pa., and in the Rocky Mts. ; rare or 

 absent on the Coastal Plain. 



5. Coptis Salisb. 

 1. C. trifolia (L.) Salisb. Goldthread. 



In humus, especially under hemlocks and on old stumps about swamps, more rarely 

 in the ravines and on the higher hills ; frequent. May 10-30. 



Headwaters of Dry Run, Spencer ; hill s. w. of West Danby ; s. of Key Hill ; 

 Enfield Glen; Larch Meadow; woods near Eddy Pond (D.) ; Ringwood ; Wood- 

 wardia Bog; Malloryville Bog; McLean Bogs; Six Mile Creek (D.) ; Beaver 

 Brook; Junius peat bogs. 



Lab. to Alaska, southw. to Md., Mich., and n. e. Iowa, and in the mts. to N. C. 

 and Tenn. ; infrequent on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



6. Caltha (Rupp.) L. 

 1. C. palustris L. Marsh Marigold. Cowslip. 



Springy and marshy open places and on the borders of swamps, in neutral or 

 slightly acid mucky soils ; locally abundant. Apr.-May. 



Common throughout the basin except in the lower Inlet Valley and about the 

 larger marshes. 



Lab. to Sask., southw. to S. C, Tenn., and Nebr.; infrequent on the Coastal 

 Plain. 



7. Hydrastis Ellis 

 1. H. canadensis L. Golden Seal. 



Rich woodlands ; occasional. May. 



Woods, Caroline (S. H. Graham) ; Six Mile Creek, near Sulphur Springs, 1872 

 (D.) ; e. edge of Hector; one-half mile s. w. of Interlaken (Graham) ; n, e. of Hayt 

 Corners (Graham) ; Genoa (Graham) ; East Genoa (Miss E. M. Tupper) ; woods 

 beyond Venice (Graham) ; head of Salmon Creek, n. e. of Merrifield station, 1880 

 (D.) ; Big Gully (Herb. Mrs. Brun, D.) ; Ledyard (Herb. J. J. Thomas, D.). 



W. N. E. to Minn., southw. to Ga., Mo., and Kans. ; rare or absent on the Coastal 

 Plain. A plant of the rich soils of the interior. 



