74 



DIRCA, L. (Leather wood. Moose-wood.) 

 1922. D. palustris, L. 



Rich woods. Ap. 4. (B) The small yellow tubular flowers, 3 

 or 4 in number, produced early in spring from buds enclosed in 

 dark brown hairy scales. Leaves oval, short-petioled, pale 

 green. Bark fibrous and very tough, much used in the woods 

 instead of twine. 



EL^EAGNAOEiE. Oleaster Family. 



SHEPHERDIA, Nutt. 



1924. S. Canadensis, Nutt. 



Rocky woods. May 1. (B) A straggling dioecious shrub with 

 yellow flowers opening before the leaves. The leaves and 

 young shoots covered with brown peltate and white stellate 

 hairs. 



SANTALACE^. Sandal-wood Family. 

 COMANDRA, Nutt. Bastard Toad-Flax. 



1928. C. UMBELLATA, Nutt. 



Dry rocky woods. Rockcliffe. Hull. King's Mountain. May 

 4. (B) A low herb with pale green oblong leaves and a ter- 

 minal corymbose cluster of white flowers. Parasitic on the roots 

 of shrubs. I have traced the connection of the roots with those 

 of Primus Virginiana and Viburnum pubescens to which they 

 were attached by an enlarged cone-shaped disk. 



EUPHORBIACE^. Spurge Family. 

 EUPHORBIA, L. 



1935. E. MACULATA, L. 



Sanely fields. Common. July 2. (B) Annual. 



1939. E. Helioscopia, L. (Sun Spurge.) 



Introduced. Roadsides and gardens. July 3. (B) The centres 

 of the flower-clusters yellow. Pods smooth. Annual. 



1940. E. Cyparissias, L. 



Perennial. A garden escape. July 1. Stems densely clustered. 

 Stem-leaves linear crowded. 



