FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



A. alba (L.) Mill. White Bane-berry. White Cohosh. Com- 

 mon in deciduous woods; apparently more abundant than the 

 preceding in the southern part of our range. Pedicels, thick, 

 red; berries, snow-white. A pink-berried form is occasionally- 

 seen, Gravies. Occasionally white berries have slender pedicels 

 and red berries thick pedicels, but this is supposed to be due to 

 crossing. May. 



XAXTHORRHIZA L'Her. 



X. apiifolia L'Her. Shrub Yeleowroot. " In a dark ravine at 

 Sherburne, eleven miles from Hamilton. {Dr. Douglass.)" — 

 Torrey's Flora of New York. Apparently has not since been 

 recorded. 



MAQNOLIACE/E 



MAGNOLIA L. 



M. acuminata L. Cucumber Tree. Represented by a few S2at- 

 tered trees. Rare, Fenno. Very Scarce, Lucy . Not uncom- 

 mon near Waverly, Barbour. Along the Chemung river, 1862, 

 Graves. 



LIRIODEXDRON L. 



L. tulipifera L. Whitewood. Tulip Tree. Poplar. Cucum- 

 liKR Tree. Reported as a shade tree from Susquehanna and 

 Chemung counties. It appears to be indigenous, though not 

 common, in the counties of Broome and Tioga. Ross Park, 

 rare, C/«/^. Apalachin; not common, /v«;z<?. Mouth of Cayuta 

 cveok, Afiilspaugk. l^ockwood.; not common, Barbour. In lo- 

 calities where the Magnolia is unknown this is usually called 

 Cucumber tree. Easily distinguished from our other forest trees 

 by its leaves with truncate middle lobes, and its large green and 

 orange flowers. May. June. 



MENISPERMACE/E. 



Mi:.\ISPERMUM L. 



M. Canadense l>. M(»onseei). Common from Broome county 

 west. Not rcpf)rted from Susquehanna and Delaware counties. 

 Common in Chenango county, Covilli'. Restricted to the river 



