CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 83 



65 L R. floridum L'Her. Wild Black Currant. 

 Common in low ground. May. 



652. R. oxyacanthoides L, Swamp Gooseberry. 

 In wet woods; frcqnenl. May. 



653. R. rubrum L. Ked Currant. 



Cold bogs and deep swamps, associated with tamaracks and ai-- 

 bor-vitae; infrequent. May. 



Burton Ave. Swamp; Cedar Swamp; Sec. 25, Jamestown; Hitd- 

 sonville Swamp; Sees. 30 and 31, Byron. The parent of our 

 cultivated currant. It grows everywhere in this latitude. 



KAMAMELIDACEAE. Witch-Hazel Family. 

 HAMAMELiS L. Witch-Hazel. 



654. li. Virginiana L. 



Common on hillsides and in moist woods. Oct.. 

 It closes the season of flowering plants. On warm dry days in 

 October the inner coat of the seed-pod bursts with a quick, 

 sharp report and the seeds are often thrown several feet, thus 

 engaging in a lively fusilado. 



PLATANACEAE. Plank-trke Family. 

 PLATANUS L. Sycamore. Bitttoxwooo. 



655. P. occidentalis L. 



Frequent along streams. May. 



"The largest tree of the Atlantic forests." — Sargent. 



ROSACEAE. P.osK Fam.i.v. 



AQRIMONIA L. Agkimonv. 



656. A. hirsuta (Muhl.) Bicknell. (A. Eupatoria L.) 

 Frequent in woods and thickets. July-Aug. 



657. A. mollis (Torr. & Gray) Britton. 

 Found growing with the preceding. .July-Se)>t. 



