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Plantago major L. Common Plantain. — Very common in yards, pastures, 

 hay fields, and waste places. Often a bad lawn weed. 



Plantago rugelii Dene. Rugel's Plantain. — ^Frequent in yards, fields and 

 pastures. Often a field weed. 



Plantago lanceolata L. English Plantain. — Very common on roadsides, in 

 pastures and hay fields. Often a lawn weed. 



Plantago aristata Michx. Frequent in dry and poor ground and along rail- 

 ways. An immigrant from the southwest. 



Plantago virginica L. Dwarf Plantain.— Occasional in poor and dry open 

 ground. 



Ruhiaceae. Madder Family. 



Sherardia arvensis L. Field Madder. — Occasionally a weed about Forest. 

 N. Tripp. 



Galium aparine L. Clevers. Goose Grass. — Occasional in rich and shaded 

 ground. 



Galium verum L. Yellow Bedstraw. — Occasional in dry fields near Forest. 

 Newton Tripp. 



Galium pilosum Ait. Hairy Bedstraw. — Common on dry and sandy 

 ground in open woods and thickets. 



Galium circaezans Michx. Wild Liquorice. — Common in rich woods. 



Galium lanceolatum Torr. Torrey's Wild Liquorice. — Frequent in rich 

 dry woods. 



Galium boreale L. Northern Bedstraw. — Common in damp or dry 

 ground. 



Galium moUugo. Wild Madder.— Occasional on roadsides and in fields 

 near Forest. Newton Tripp. 



Galium trifidum L. Small Bedstraw. — Frequent in wet, springy, and 

 shaded places. 



Galium Claytoni Michx. Clayton's Bedstraw. Very wet and swampy 

 ground. Noticed in particular near Point Edward. 



Galium tinctorium L. Stiff Marsh Bedstraw. — Frequent in damp, marshy, 

 open and shaded places. 



Galium asprellum Michx. Rough Bedstraw. — Common in damp thickets. 



Galium triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. — Very common in dry 

 rich woods and thickets. 



Mitchella repens L. Partridge Berry. — Very common in dry woods, es- 

 pecially among pines near Lake Huron shore. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Buttonbush. — Abundant in swamps, wet 

 places, about ponds and along low wet banks of streams. 



Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle Family. 



Diervilla lonicera Mill. Bush Honeysuckle. — Common in dry sandy 

 ground. 



Lonicera tatarica L. Tartarian Honeysuckle.^Inclined to escape and 

 persist. Well estal)lished as an escape along the bank of St. Clair River in 

 St. Clair Co., Mich. 



Lonicera canadensis Marsh. American Fly Honeysuckle. — Abundant in 

 damp or dry o])en woods and thickets. 



Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. Swamp Fly Honeysuckle. — Occa- 

 sional in wet and swampy ground. Abundant in a marshy place north of 

 Sarnia. 



