FLORA OF BURLINGTON AND VICINITY 81 



OROBANCHACEAE. BROOM=RAPE FAMILY 



EPIFAGUS Nutt. Beech-drops. Cancer-root 



E. Yirginiana (L.) Bart. Under beech trees; common. Sept. 



OROBANCHE (Tourn.) L. Broom-rape 



0. nuiflora L. One-flowered Cancer-root. Dry woodlands ; rare. May- 

 July. Burlington, (Jones, Mrs. Walker). 



PHRYMACEAE. LOPSEED FAMILY 



PHRYMA L. LoPSEED 

 P. Leptostachya L. Moist open woods; occasional. July, Aug. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. PLANTAIN FAMILY 



PLANTAGO (Tourn.) L. Plantain. Ribwort 



P. aristata Michx. Large-bracted Plantain. Adventive at Experiment 



Farm, Burlington, (Jones); dry sand, Colchester, (N. F. F.). July, 



Aug. 

 P. lanceolaTa L. Rib or Ripple Grass, English Plantain. Grass land; 



common. June-Aug. 

 P. major L. Common Plantain. Waysides; common. July-Sept. 

 P. Rugelii Dene. With the preceding species and even more common. 



July-Sept. 



RUBIACEAE. MADDER FAMILY 



CEPHALANTHUS L. Buttonbush 

 C. occideiitalis L. Swamps; frequent. July, Aug. 

 GALIUM L. Bedstraw. Cleavers 



G. Aparine L. Cleavers, Goose Grass. Rich shaded grounds; occa- 

 sional. May, June. Burlington and South Burlington, (N. F. F.) ; 

 Colchester, (Griffin). 



0. asprellum Michx. Rough Bedstraw. Alluvial grounds; common. 

 July. 



