490 



STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



White Dock. 

 Swamp Dock. 



Curled Dock. 

 Yellow D. 



Bitter Dock. 



Bloody-veined 

 Dock. 



Field or Sheep 

 Sorrel. 



051. salicifolius, Weinmann. 



Shore of Little Traverse Bay(!); and northward. 



052. verticillatus, L. 



Wet swamps. 



953. crispits, L. (**) 



Everywhere in fields. A bad weed. 



054. oUusifolius, L. (***) 



Meadows and fields. 



055. sanguineus, L. (***) 



Ann Arbor— Miss Clark. 



056. Acetosella, L. (***) 



Sterile fields. 



N. & U. P. 



Scarce. 



L. P. 



Frequent. 



Th. 

 Th. 



Frequent. 



Th. 



Common. 



Sassafras. 



Spice-bush. 

 Benjamin- 

 bush. 



LATJSAOE^l. 



{Laurel Family. ) 



SASSAFRAS 



057. officinale, Nees. (*) 



C. & S. 



Woods— sandy soil. A shrub or low tree, not found north of the C. of the 

 State. Frequent. 



LINDERA 



058. Benzoin, Meisner. (***) 



Damp woods. 



C. & S. 

 Frequent. 



Leather-wood 

 Moose-wood. 



THYMELEACE.E. 

 (Mezereum Family.) 



DIRCA 



050. palustris, L. (***) 



Th. 



Woods. The tough bark used for thongs by Indians. Ann Arbor— Winch. 

 Cat.; S. Haven— Bailey; and northward. Frequent. 



Canadian 

 Shepherdia. 



EL^EAGNACE^E. 

 {Oleaster Family.) 



SHEPHERDIA 



0G0. Canadensis, Nutt. Th. 



Gravellv banks. Lansing— Prof. W. J. Beal; "On the western islands in 

 Lake 'Erie."— Dr. D. Cooley; Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat.; South Haven- 

 Bailey; Flint; and northward. Abundant at Petoskey(!). "A common 

 short shrub," (L. Superior,)— Whitney Cat. 



SANTALACEiE. 



{Sandalwood Family.) 



COMAXDRA 



Bastard Toad- 061. umbellata, Nutt 



flax. 



Th. 



Dry ground. Indifferently parasitic on roots. Common. 



062. livida, Richards. N. & U. P. 



"Sandy shores, L. Superior."— Gray ; Traverse City- Dr. A. B. Lyons; Isle 

 Roya'le— AVhitney Cat. 



