88 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



URTICACEAE 

 TIrtica gracilis Ait. 

 Slender nettle 

 Fence rows. Common. June-July. 



TTrticastrum divaricatum (L.) Ku"ntze 

 Laportea canadensis Gaud. 

 Wood nettle 

 Moist, shaded places. Common. July- August. 



Adicea pumila (L.) Raf. 

 Pilea pumila Gray 

 Richweed. Clearweed 

 Damp, shady places. Common. July- September. 



Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Willd. 

 False nettle 

 Wet soil. Common. July- September. 



SANTALACEAE 



Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. 

 Bastard toad flax 

 Dry thickets. Common. May-July. 



ARTSTOLOCHIACEAE 



Asarum canadense L. 

 Wild ginger 

 Abundant in thickets along the river. May. 



Asarum reflexum Bickn. 

 Sliort-lohed wild ginger 

 Plentiful in a deep ravine near Campville. Closely resembling 

 A. canadense, and by some regarded as a form of that species. 



May. 



POLYGON ACE AE 



Rumex acetosella L. 



Sheep sorrel. Field sorrel 



Everywhere common. Very abundant in newly seeded land. 



May-September. 



Rumex verticillatus L. 



Swamp dock 



Swamps. Common. May- July. 



