436 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BERBERIDACE^E. 



{Barberry Family.) 



BERBERIS 



Common Bar- 43. vulgaris, L. (**) 

 berry. ° v ' 



Flint, etc. Rare. 



CAULOPHYLLUM 

 Blue cohosh. 44. thalictroides, Mx. (***) Th. 



Commmon in L. P. 



JEFFERSONIA 



Twin-ieaf. 45. diphylla, Persoon. (***) C. & S. 



root U ' * A.n early spring plant. Worth cultivating for its white flowers and curi- 



ous biparted leaves. Infrequent. 



Mandrake. 

 May-apple. 



PODOPHYLLUM 



46. peltatum, L. (*) 0. & S. 



Roots drastic, an article of commerce. Ripe fruit often eaten. 



Very common. 



NYMPELEACE2E. 



{Water -Lily Family.) 



BRASENIA 



Water-shield. 47. peltata, Pursh. 0. & S. 



Greenville (!), Ionia (!), Lansing (!), Ann Arbor, etc. Infrequent. 



NELUMBIUM 



Rattle-box 48. luteum, Willd. S. 



Yellow Nel- 



umbo. River Rouge, south of Detroit; Indian Lake, 12 miles southeast of Kala- 

 Water Chinq- mazoo; Monroe county, where it is abundant; and probably in other 



uepin. places. Seems to be indigenous. Local. 



NYMPH^EA 

 sweet-scented 49. odorata, Aiton. (***) 



Water-Llly. ga j d to grow at Ann Arbor— Allmend. Cat.— and in Lake Superior region, 



but the next has probably been mistaken for it, unless the two run 

 together. 



white water- 50. tnberosa, Paine. (***) C. & S. 



L "y- In all our ponds and slow streams. Flowers large and delicately beauti- 



ful, fragrant; often used for decorating in connection with evergreens. 

 Easily propagated from the tubers, and desirable for large aquariums 

 in grounds. Common. 



NUPHAR 



spatter Dock. 51. advena, Aiton. (***) Th. 



t siir " In company with water-lilies, but always a dirty plant— seeming to de- 



^ y ' light in filth. Common. 



small Yellow 52. purnilum, Smith. 0. & S. 



Pond Lilly. "Sag. Bay &S. W."— Winch. Cat. Infrequent. 



SARRACENIACE^E. 



[Pitcher-Plants.) 



SARRACENIA 

 Pitcher Plant. 53. purpurea, L. (***) 



Common in sphagnous swamps. Can be grown in the house, where it 

 always attracts attention as a " curiosity," though all the swamps in 

 the neighborhood be full of it. 



