FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUP:HaNNA. 83 



MELAMPYRUM L. 



M. Ilneare Lam. Cow-wheat. Common in dry, open woods and 

 thickets. (Af. A mt-r /can inn ^Wichy..) 



OROBANCHACE/E. 



EPIPHEGUS NuTT. 



E. VIrglniana (L. ) Bart. Befxh-drops. Cancer-root. Not 

 common. Found throughout our range under beech trees and 

 parasitic on their roots. Stem branching, yello\nsh or purplish; 

 leaves reduced to scales ; flowers small, white marked with pur- 

 ple. Aug., Sept. 



CONOPHOLIS Wallr. 



C. Americana (L. f.) Wallr. S(iLAw-ROOT. Cancer-root. Very 

 rare. Franklin, near road to Oneonta, Hoy. Oxford, Coville. 

 Mt. Prospect, Millspaugh. The only stations. 



THALESIA Raf. 



T. uniflora (L.) Britton. One-flowered Cancer-root. Not 

 common. Frequent, Hoy. Not reported from Broome county. 

 Found m woods in rather dryish soil. Stem nearly subterra- 

 nean; flowers on slender scapes. May. {Aphyllon unifiorutn 

 Gray.) 



LENTIBULARIACE^. 



UTRICULARIA L. 



U. vulgaris L. Common Bladderwort. Reported from the 

 eastern part of our range only. Common from [Susquehanna 

 and Broome counties north. Found floating in lakes, river- 

 coves, sluggish streams and pools. Leaves with many capillary 

 divisions, some of which bear bladders ; flowers six or more, per- 

 sonate, yellow, borne above the water on a naked scape. July. 



U. intermedia Hayne. Rare. Muddy borders of ponds near 

 Oxford, Coville. Summit marsh, '' Cayuga Flora." The only 

 stations. 



The butterwort {Pinguicula vulgaris L.) belongs to this 



family. It has been reported from Sidney, but specimens have 

 not been seen. Hoy. 



