48 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



HYDROCOTYLE L. 



H. Americana L. Waier Pennv-wort. Very common in wet 

 places, generally in shade. An interesting little plant, with 

 roundish, crenately-lobed leaves whose veins are more promi- 

 nent on the upper than on the under surface. Umbels axiliary 

 and almost sessile. 



SANICULA L. 



S. Marylandica L. Samci.e. Black Snakeroot. Common in 

 rich, moist woodlands. 



ARALIACE/E. 



ARALIA L. 



A. spinosa L. Hercules Cll h. A.\h;klica Tree. Rare. Road- 

 side at Oakland, Graves. Near Churchill's Lake, Clute. Apa- 

 lachin, m cultivation, Fenno . Mouth of Cayuta creek, Mills- 

 patigh. Not found elsewhere. A singular looking shrub, eight 

 to ten feet high, seldom branching ; leaves in a tuft at the top, 

 very large, decompound ; trunk and stems prickly. 



A. racemosa L. Si'icinkt. Si'ikenard. Petty.morrel. White- 

 Rooi. Common in moist, shady places, especially in ravines. 

 Roots large, spicy-aromatic, edible. 



A. hispida Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla. Wild Elder. Appar- 

 rently restricted to the more elevated parts of our range. Rare 

 in Chemung county, more common in Steuben county, Lucy. 

 Thompson's marsh, abundant, Clute. Glenwood, Millspaugh. 

 Frequent, Graves. Franklin, Hoy. Oxford, Coville. Else- 

 where n(jt reported. In clearings, old fields, etc, especially 

 about old stumps and stone-heaps. Stem at base, shrubby, be- 

 set with sharp prickles. Umbels many, globous. 



A. nudicaulis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. Common throughout in 

 woodlands. Rootstock long, aromatic, edible; leaf solitary, de- 

 compound; scape bearing three or more globular umbels. May. 

 June. 



