Cornus CORNACEAE— ERICACEAE Pyrola 



C. racemosa Lam. (C. paniculata L'H^r. C. candidissima Marsh. 

 See Rehder: Rhodora 12, 122. 1910.) 

 Infrequent in rocky woods and along streams in New Castle 

 and Cecil Counties. June. 



C. alternifolia L. f. 



Infrequent in low woods and thickets of the Piedmont; occa- 

 sional southward to Talbot County: e. of Cordova, Earle, 20 May 

 1939 (P). Mid-May, early June. 



Nyssa L. Black Gum. Sour Gum. 

 ■p^J. sylvatica Marsh. 



Common throughout, in low ground, along streams and on 

 borders of salt marshes. Mid-May, early June. ,^v.vvU >.» ^ 

 Var. biflora (Walt.) Sarg. 



In similar habitats, but less common, Talbot and Sussex 

 Counties and southward. 



Var. dilatata Fern., in Rhodora 37, 436. 1945. 



One tree, at the corner of Park Drive and Scott Street, 

 Wilmington. Probably planted. 



ERICACEAE (Heath Family) 



Clethra L, 



C. alnifolia L. Sweet Pepperbush. 



Common in wet thickets throughout the Coastal Plain. Mid- 

 July to mid-Sept. 



Chimaphila Pursh. 



C. umbellata (L.) Barton var. cisatlantica Blake. (Rhodora 19, 

 241. 1917.) PiPsissEWA. 



Rather infrequent throughout, in dry sandy woods. Mid-June, 

 early July. 

 C. maculata (L.) Pursh. Spotted Pipsissewa. 



Common throughout, in dry rocky or sandy woods. Early 

 June to mid-July. 



Pyrola L. 

 P. secunda L. 



One known station: oak-pine woods, l}/^ mi. s. e. of Angola (S), 

 F. C. Schmid, Jr., 5 April 1942, with leaves only (A). 



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