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Lycopodium chamaecyparissus A. Hr. 

 Found with the last and oeuerally considered a variety of that 

 species. Professor Underwood makes it a distinct species in his 

 work. Our Native Ferns. Autumn. 



ISOETACEAK 

 Isoetes engelmanni A. Br. 

 Engelmann's quillwort 

 Frequent along the Susquehanna at Apalachin. August. 



Isoetes engelmanni gracilis Knjiclm, 

 Found with the last. August. 



SPERMATOPHYTA 



Seed-hearing plants 



PINACEAE 



Pinus strobus L. 

 White pine 

 Very common. Formerly this was the principal forest tree 

 of this region, but now it occurs chiefly as a small tree, though, 



scattered here and there, specimens of primeval trees are still 



found. _. 



Pinus resmosa Ait. 



Red pine. Canadian pine 



Very rare. A single specimen was observed near Barton in 



1897. According to old settlers it was formerly quite frequent. 



^^^^' Pinus rigida Mill. 



Pitch pine 

 Common. A much smaller tree than the white pine and less 

 valuable. May. 



Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 

 Eemloclc 

 Common. The young trees are the most graceful of evergreens. 



May. 



Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton 



T. canadensis Willd. 



Ground hemlock. American ijeio 



Moist, shaded banks and along streams. Frequent. Abundant 



near Apalachin and at the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 



narrows west of Owego. Sometimes mistaken for a juniper. 



May. 



