FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 



SARRACENIACE/C. 



SARRACEXIA L. 



S. purpurea L. Piuiikk Pi ant. Sii>i;-sm)I)I.k Flow i:k. Hints- 

 man's CiT'. Common in suitable places from Broome county 

 eastward. Cinnamon Lake, Steuben county, rare, Lucy. Bar- 

 ton, /vw//^'. " The N'lai," near Oneonta; Mud and Goodrich 

 Lakes at Davenport, Hoy. Near Oxford, Coville. Beebe's 

 swamp ; Cranberry Marsh, Graves. Pond Brook and Chenango 

 Bridge, Clute. Hoboken Pond, Pittsfield, (Otsego county, Ells- 

 worth. Apalachin and Barton, Fenno. Usually found in 

 sphagnum swamps or the boggy shores of our small lakes and 

 ponds. Leaves, round, hollow, containing water and drowned 

 insects. Flowers, dull purple, nodding; stigma umbrella-shaped ; 

 petals fiddle-shaped. There is considerable difference in the 

 color of the leaves, which vary from deep green -vN-ith light pur- 

 ple veining, to light greenish yellow with deep purple markings. 

 May. June. 



PAPAVERACE^E. 



SANGUIXARIA L. 



S. Canadensis L. Bloudroot. Common in low meadows, on 

 river banks and in thickets. Not frequent at Sidney, Hoy. 

 Does not appear to grow in open woods within our limits. One 

 of our earliest wild flowers; easily cultivated. Root thick, filled 

 with crimson juice; flowers large, white; stamens yellow. Apr. 

 May. 



CHELIDONIUM L. 



C. majus L. Cki.andim:, Swallow-wort. Not uncommon. 

 Found along roadsides and about buildmgs. Has become natu- 

 ralized in many places. Not reported from Tioga county. The 



- whole plant looks not unlike a buttercup, and might be mistaken 

 for one. Juice yellow. 



The various cultivated poppies ( Papa^'er ) belong here 



They occasionally persist about old dwellings for a few years, 

 but may hardly be said to have become naturalized. 



