92 I FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



BENZOIN Fauric. 



B. Benzoin (L.) Coulter. Spice-wood. Benjamin-bush. Wild 

 Allspice. Fever-bush. Common in damp woods and thickets. 

 Flowers yellow, before the leaves ; drupes red. The bark has a 

 spicy taste that has been likened to allspice. {Lindera Ben- 

 zoin Blume. ) 



THYMEL/CACE/E. 



DIRCA L. 



D. palustris L. Leatherwood. Moosewood. Tolerably com- 

 mon in damp woods. Flowers yellow, two or more m a cluster, 

 preceding the leaves. Wood soft and very brittle ; bark exceed- 

 ingly tough, often used for thongs. Apr. 



DAPHNE L. 



D. Mezereum L. Mezereum. '• A single shrub on the east shore 

 ofCayutaL., 1885. {F. V. Coville.)'— Cayuga Flora. Prob- 

 ably an escape. 



LORANTHACE/E. 



RAZOUMOFSKYA Hoff. 



R. pusilla (Peck.) Kuntze. Frequent on Picea in the spruce 

 swamps in Chenango county, Coville. {Arceuthobium pusil- 

 lum Peck. ) 



SANTALACE/E. 



COMANDRA Nutt. 



C. umbellata (L.) Nutt. Bastard Toau-flax. Rather common 

 in dryish thickets and open woods. Roots parasitic on the roots 

 of shrubs and trees. Flowers small in corymbose clusters, white. 



EUPHORBIACE/E. 



EUPHORBIA L. 



E. maculata L. Spotted Spurge. Milk Purslane. Abundant, 

 especially in dry, gravelly soil, Plant flat on the ground; leaves 

 marked with a spot of brownish -red. 



