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Amelanchier Canadensis, 7. é G. (SHapBuSH; JUNEBERRY.) 
Common in low lands. This is the large form with long petals and 
reddish leaves in Spring. (Var. Botryapium Gray’s Manual.) 
Var. oblongifolia. i 
Equally common, but not so large as the last; leaves downy when 
young, petals shorter. Tracy speaks of ‘‘a curious variety found 
at ‘‘Norman’s Woe,” Gloucester, which fruits when only three feet 
high.” 
SAXIFRAGACEZE. 
(SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 
Ribes oxycanthoides, Z., Ribes hirtellum, Dichx. (Gray’s 
Manual). (COMMON WILD GOOSEBERRY.) 
Frequent in low grounds. 
Ribes floridum, Z’Her. (Witp BLack-CURRANT.) 
Danvers, Amesbury, Ipswich (Oakes). Notrare. ‘* Much like the 
Black Currant of the gardens” (Gray’s Manual), 
Ribes nigrum, of Europe, which is spontaneous near old gardens. 
Ribes rubrum, Z. (RED CURRANT.) 
The specimens found in the county have probably all escaped from 
garden plants introduced from Europe, although this species is in- 
digenous northward. Quite common in the older towns. 
Ribes aureum, Pursh. (Missourr CuRRANT.) 
Common in old gardens and sometimes found in neglected places. 
(Int. from the West.) 
Philadelphus coronarius, Z. (Mock ORANGE.) 
This species is, in common with others of the genus, wrongl¥ called 
‘¢ Syringa” which is the botanical name for the “Lilac.” It is 
occasionally found by the roadside escaped from gardens. (Proba- 
bly introduced from Japan.) 
Parnassia Caroliniana, Michx. _(GRAss OF PARNASSUS. ) 
Georgetown (Mrs. Horner) ; Lynnfield (Rev. A. P. Chute) ; ‘‘meadow 
near Howe’s farm” (memo. Rev. J. L. Russell) ; Marblehead (Tracy) ; 
Hamilton (G. D. Phippen); Topsfield. Scarce, although found in a 
number of places. 
Saxifraga Virginiensis, Michx. (EarLy SAXIFRAGE.) 
Very common in exposed rocky places. 
Var. chlorantha (Oakes, in Hovey’s Mag. Vol. XIII) is a form 
having green flowers, probably an abnormal condition of the ordi- 
nary plant. 
Saxifraga Pennsylvanica, Z. (Swamp SaxirraGe.) 
Common in meadows. 
