Myriophyllum HALORAGIDAC— ARALIACEAE Aralia 



(S), C. S. Williamson, 5 July 1908 (A); Leipsic (K), F. C. Daigh, 

 24 June 1935 (UD). 



M. pinnatum (Walt.) BSP. {M. scabratum Mx.) 



Infrequent, in ponds and slow streams, Sussex County to 

 Accomac County; one collection in the Cedar Swamp, s. e. corner 

 of New Castle County, Commons, in 1867 (A). 



M. humile (Raf.) Morong. 



Rare; ponds and muddy shores: near Smyrna (K), Commons, 10 

 Oct. 1866 (A); Salisbury (Wi), Canby, Sept. 1887 (P); coves in 

 canal at Delaware City (NC), Commons & Tatnall, 7 Sept. 1896 

 (D), and 21 June 1897 (D). 



M. brasiliense Cambess. {M. proserpinacoides Gill. Rhodora 41, 

 551. 1939.) 



Cultivated, and rarely escaping to ponds: Shallcross Lake near 

 Odessa (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 1945, 5 Aug. 1933 (A). 



Proserpinaca L. Mermaid Weed. 

 P. palustris L. var. crebra Fern. & Grisc. Rhodora 37, 177. 1935. 



Common in ponds, dune hollows and salt marshes on the Coastal 

 Plain. Early June to Sept. 



The typical form occurs in s. e. Virginia and southward. See 

 the above reference. 



P. pectinata Lam. 



Frequent in swamps and ditches, in Sussex, Wicomico and 

 Worcester Counties. Early July to Oct. 



ARALIACEAE (Ginseng Family) 

 Aralia L. 



A. spinosa L. Hercules Club. 



Common in woods in the lower half of the Peninsula; infrequent 

 in southern New Castle County; occasional in hedgerows in the 

 Piedmont area of New Castle County, where it is probably either 

 planted or escaped. August. 



A. racemosa L. Spikenard. 



Frequent in rich woodlands of the Piedmont area. July, Aug. 



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