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than a foot high, yet it blossoms and bears fruit freely. Larger forms 

 occur near Newman farm and at South Meadow. In the small form the 

 leaves are often quite as round as those of the preceding species, but 

 they are much smaller and rather coarsely toothed above only, being 

 entire toward the base. The young leaves are densely woolly beneath. 



Amelanchier oligocarpa (Mx.) Roem. 



Oblong fruited juneberry. Few fruited juneberry. 



Mountains and cool valleys. Not rare. June. Fruit ripe in July 

 and August. A very distinct species flowering later than the others and 

 bearing fruit of a peculiar shape. The fruit of all the species is edible 

 when ripe. In this species the flowers are scattered or only two or three 

 in a cluster and generally but one or two fruits of a cluster mature. Its 

 leaves are finely serrate and have short petioles. 



SAX1FRAGACEAE" 



Saxifraga Virginiensis Mx. 



Early saxifrage 

 Rocky or springy places. Pulpit rock and Indian pass. May. 



Mitella nuda L. 



Naked bishop's cap 



Cool woods and swamps. Rare. Swampy woods east of Wood farm. 

 Woods along the west side of the Ausable near Wood farm. June. 



Mitella diphylla L. 



Two leaved bishop's cap. Mitrewort 

 Woods. Rare. Old Keene road. June. 



Tiarella cordifolia L. 



False mitrewort. Coolwort 



Moist shady places in woods and clearings. Common. June. Two 

 noticeable forms occur, both differing from the common form. In 

 one, the leaves are obscurely streaked with brown along the principal 

 veins; in the other, they are bright green and shining. 



