Hamamelis HAMAMELIDACEAE— ROSACEAE Spiraea 



HAMAMELIDACEAE (Witch Hazel Family) 



Hamamelis L. Witch Hazel. 

 H. virginiana L, 



Rich woods; frequent in the Piedmont area; occasional on the 

 Coastal Plain: 3^ mi. n. e. of Pepperbox (S), R. R. Tatnall, 3861, 

 18 June 1938 (T); 3^ mi. s. e. of Salisbury (Wi), R. R. Tatnall, 

 3976, 8 Sept. 1938 (T); 1^ mi. s. of the village of West (So), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 4027, 9 Sept. 1938 (T). Fls. late Oct., Nov. ; fruit maturing 

 the following autumn. 



Liquidambar L. 



L. Stj^aciflua L. Sweet Gum. 



Common throughout. Late March to mid-May. 



PLATANACEAE (Plane Tree Family) 



Platanus L. 



P. occidentalis L. Buttonwood. Sycamore. 



Frequent along streams of the Piedmont area; less common on 

 the Coastal Plain. May. 



ROSACEAE (Rose Family) 

 Physocarpus Maxim. 

 P. opulifolius (L.) Maxim. Nine-bark. 



Rare, on stream banks in the Piedmont: Greenbank (NC), 

 Commons, 8 June 1882 (A); Leslie (Ce), J. B. Brinton, 28 June 

 1891 (P); ''Along Brandywine Creek" (NC), Canhy, 11 June 1896 

 (D) ; North East Creek (Ce), Otis, May 1913 (D). Late May, June. 



Spiraea L. 



S. alba duRoi. (*S. salicifolia L. of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Rare; known only from swamps near Wilmington: Commons, 

 in 1896 (A); Canby in 1899 (A). July, Aug. 



S. latifolia Borkh. Meadow Sweet. 



Frequent in wet open ground near the Fall Line, in New Castle 

 and Cecil Counties. Citations under S. salicifolia in E. Tatnall: 

 (MS Catalog) are to be referred here. July, Aug. 



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