44 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



KNEIFFIA Spach. 



K. pumila (L. ) Spach. Small EvENiMi Primrose. Common in 

 fields in wet or dry soil. In aspect this plant is a good minia- 

 ture of the preceding. June. July. {CEfiotkera pumiia L. ) 



K. fruticosa (L ) Raimann. Slndrops. Rather common, usu- 

 ally in dry soil. The plant is not shrubby, as its name would 

 imply. {iEnotherafructicosa L.) 



GAURA L. 



Q. biennis L. Common from Broome county west along river 

 banks. Apparently absent north and east. A coarse, stout 

 plant with wand-like spikes of rose-purple flowers that soon fall. 

 July. 



CIRC.^AL. 



C. Lutetiana L. E.nchanter's Nightshade. Common in rich, 

 moist woods. Flowers small, white, with their parts in twos, 

 borne in a terminal raceme; fruit bur-like, covered with hooked 

 bristles. Plant afoot or more in height. 



C. alpina L. Low Enchanter's Nic.htshaoe. Common. Found 

 in ravines and other cool, moist spots. Plant much resembling 

 the preceding. 



CUCURBITACE/C. 



SICYOS L. 



5. angulatus L. Onk-seedkd Bi k-Clci mher. Common along 

 streams, except in the northeastern part of our range. Stem 

 branching, often thirty feet in length, climbing over trees and 

 bushes. Staminate flowers greenish-white, in racemes ; pistillate 

 clustered in the axils of the leaves; fruit small, covered with 

 sharp, bristly prickles. Often cultivated for shade. July, Sept 



MICRAMPELIS Ral. 



M. lobata (Michx. ) (^reene. Climminc; Clltmher. Balsam Ai'- 

 jle. I'oi k-sEEi)Ei) Ci < iMUKR. More common than the preced- 

 ing, for which it is easily mistaken when not in flower or fruit; 

 grows in the same places. vStem seldom branching. Staminate 



