No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 217 



cept in the southwestern part of the state, but not reported 

 near the coast west of New Haven. Aug. — Sept. 



Worthy of cultivation and may be grown in any sunny or 

 partly shaded moist or wet situation. The plant is medicinal. 



PHILADELPHUS L. Mock Orange. Syringa. 



Philadelphus inodorus L. (without fragrance). 

 Large-flowered Syringa. 



Rare. Escaped about an old nursery at Wethersfield 

 (H. S. Clark & Bisscll). June. Fugitive from the South. 



Philadelphus coronarius L. (pertaining to a crown). 

 Syringa. Mock Orange. Orange-flower Tree. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and waste 

 places: Bridgeport and Westport (Eames). June. Native of 

 Europe. 



Philadelphus pubescens Loisel. (downy). 

 Syringa. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to pasture at Wethersfield 

 (H. S. Clark & Bissell). June. Adventive from the South. 



DEUTZIA Thunb. 



Deutzia scabra Thunb. (rough). 

 Deutzia. 



Rare. Wethersfield, escaped about an old nursery (H. S. 

 Clark & Bissell), New London, brush lot near cemetery 

 (Graves). June. Fugitive from Asia. 



RIBES L. Currant. Gooseberry. 



Ribes Cynosbati L. (classical name). 

 Prickly Gooseberry. Dogberry. 



Rocky woods and thickets. Occasional in northern Litch- 

 field County, extending southward as far as New Milford 

 (Eames & E. H. Austin) and eastward to New Hartford 

 (Bissell). It occurs also in Stafford and Tolland (A. W. 

 I^riggs). May; fruit July. 



Ribes gracile Michx. (slender). 

 Ribes missouriense Nutt. 

 Missouri Gooseberry. 



