8 FLORA OF GRAND RAPIDS. 



TAXUS 'rumn. Vkw. 



47. T, Canadensis \\'ill<l. .\inciic;iii Yew. (Jroiiml I Icnilock. 

 7'. minor (Miclix.) IJriUoii. 

 Moist cold woods with ev(M-i;rooiis. A l(»\v strai;!iliii<^ shrub. 

 Mid-April-Mid-May. 



Abundant in Cedar Swanip (Wcatlicrwax Part); lludsom ille; 

 Soc. lT), Jamestown. 



THUYA L. Arboh VrTAK. 



4 8. T. occidcntalis L. Arbor Vitae. White Cedar. 

 Along streams, and in cold swamps. First of May. 

 A fair sized tree, and tracts are often of several acres in extent. 

 The timber is used for fence posts, telegraph poles, etc. 

 Cedar Swamp; Burton Ave. Swamp; Hudsonville; Carlisle; 

 Bear Creek; shores of Mud Lake, Wright; Sec. 25, Jamestown; 

 Black Ash Swainy». 



TSUGA Carriere. Hemlock. 



49. T. Canadensis Carriere. 

 Woods; infrequent. June. 



West Bridge St. Ferry; clay ravines, Sec. 5, Georgetown; Sec. 25, 

 Jamestown; Sees. 30 and 31, Byron; Burton Ave. Swamp. Trees 

 have been cut here within the last four or live years whose annu- 

 al rings show them to be 250-300 years old (B. E. L.). 



ANfrlOSPERMAE. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



TYPHACEAE. (ai-iam. Family. 



SPARQANIUM Touni. Bur-reed. 



50. S. androcladum Kngelni. 



Bogs and shallow water; common. July. 

 Thornapple River at Alaska; Reed's Lake; Fisk Lake. 



