HITCHCOCK PLANTS OF AMES, IOWA. 497 



Saxic'ULA Canadensis, L. Spec— ;S'. Marylandiea, L., var. Cana- 

 densis, Torr. Fl. U. S. 



Lowland woods ; frequent. 



Var. Marylandica, {'L.)—S. Marylandica. L. Spec. 

 Lowland woods ; common. 



ARALIACE.^. 



Aralia rackmosa, L, .Spec. 



Rich woods -, not uncommon. 

 A. NUPiCAULTS, L. Spec. 



Woods along clay bluffs; infrequent. 

 A. quinquefolia, (L.) Decaisne & Planch. Rev. Hort. \^b\.— Panax 

 quinquefolia, L. Spec. 



One specimen among my plants collected at Ames, but locality not noted. 



CORNACEjE. 



CoRNUS CIRCINATA. L'Her. Cornus. 1788. 

 Rich woods ; rare. 



Clear creek one mile west of College, and elsewhere. 



C. SERiCEA, L. Mant. p. 199. 



Moist woods; abundant. 

 C. ASPERI FOLIA, Mlchx. FI. 



Lowland woods ; abundant. 

 C. CANDiDissiMA, Marsh. Arbust. — C. x>aniculata, L'Her. Cor- 

 nus, 17S8. 



Woods ; abundant. 



C. ALTERNIFOLIA, L. f. SUppl. 1781. 



Rockv woods; rare. 



CAPRIFOLIACEuE. 



Sambucus Canadensis, L. Spec. 



Lowland woods ; abundant. 

 Viburnum pubescens, Pursh, Fl. 



Rocky woods ; not uncommon. 



Fruit ovoid, dark purple, 3 to 4 lines long; ripe in July. 



V. Lentago, L. Spec. 



Rocky woods ; not uncommon. 



A small tree. Fruit black, 4 to 6 lines long, with very fiat stone: ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



Triosteum perfoliatum, L. Spec. 



Upland woods; abundant. 

 Symphoricarpus vulgaris, Michx. Fl. 



"Ames." One specimen in 1. A. C. herbarium. 

 S. occideutalis, Hook. Fl. i. 

 Woods; rare. 



" Ames," Bessey ; Anderson. Both specimens in 1. A. C.nierbarium. Occurs 

 frequently at Jewell Junction, Des Moines river at Boone, and around Des Moines. 



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