FLORA OF THE Uri'KIl SUSQUEHANNA. 



North of Chemung county this species is more common. The 

 leaves and blossoms arc frequently used as greens in spring. 

 May. 



COPTIS S.M.isii. 



C. trifolia (L.) Salisb. Goi.d-tukkad. Tiirkk-i.kavkd Copjis. 

 ^IdiiMkooi'. Common, especially in low, wet woods. Found 

 on hummocks and about stumps and old logs. Leaves, ever- 

 green; stems, subterranean, long, thread-like, bright yellow, 

 bitter; petals, club-shaped, hollow at the apex. May. 



AOUILEGIA L. 

 A. Canadensis L. Commhink. Honevslckle. Common in wet 

 meadows and on rocky banks; seldom in deep woods. An or- 

 namental plant, easily cultivated. May. June. 



A. vulgarU L. Garden Columbine, Occasionally found as an 

 escape along roadsides. 



ACONITUM L. 

 A. Noveboracense A. Gray. Aconite. Monkshood. Woi.fbane. 

 Very rare. This species was first described from specimens 

 found on the bank of the Chenango river two miles below Ox- 

 ford, in 1883. The herbarium of Columbia University contains 

 a specimen collected at Greene. X. Y., by Dr. Augustus Wil- 

 lard about the year 1857, Coville. Has since been found in 

 Orange county. 



CIMICIFUGA L. 

 C. racemosa (L. ) Xutt. Buc.bane. Black Snakeroot. Black 

 Cohosh. Very common along river banks, in thickets and the 

 borders of woods. Rare at Oxford and northward, Coi'ille. 

 Flowers numerous, ill -scented, in long terminal spikes. Very 

 noticeable when in bloom. June. July, 



act.i:a. L. 



A. rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red Bane-herrv, Red Cohosh. Com- 

 mon throughout, especially in rocky woodlands. Very abundant 

 along the Chenango in the vicinity of Lisle, Clute. In fruit 

 distinguished from the following species by its slender pedicels 

 and red berries. Flowers ill- scented. May. June. {A. spi- 

 cata L., var. rubra Ait.) 



