CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 103 



Village (ll.W.Hysor); Boynton's Landing; woods south of 

 Keed's Lake (JMiss Grace Fyfe). 



This species was formerly frequent, but it has been dug up and 

 sold for medicinal purposes; now it is chiefly found iu unfi'e- 

 quented places. There are four light colored lines running the 

 length of each intoriiodc of the previous year's growth, and 

 along the lower ones of the present year's growth of which 

 Prof. W. W. Rowlee of Cornell LTniversity says: "These lines 

 are the l)eginniugs of cork wings, and arc unquestionably iden- 

 tical in structure and function with lenticels." It is often culti- 

 vated as an ornamental shrub. 



793. E. obovatus Nutt. Kunning Strawberry Bush. 

 Abundant in rich moist woods. ^Mid-May. 



STAPHYLEACEAE. Bi.adder-nut Family. 



STAPHYLEA L. Bi.AnDKR-xuT. 



790. S. trifolia L. American 13Iadder-nut. 

 Frequent along streams. May. 

 Easily recognized in autumn by its inflated three-angled pods. 



ACERACEAE. Mxv^a- Family. 



ACER L. :\[aple. 



797. A. Pennsj'Ivanicum T^. Striped Maple. 

 Moist rich woods. ]^,Iid-M ay-Mid-.] une. 



Burton Ave. Swamp (O.ll.). No herbarium specimen. 



798. A. rubrum L. lied or Swamp Maple. 

 Ravines and edges of swamps; common. April. 



799. A. saccharinum L. (A. dasycarpum JS'ArA. Silver Maple.) 

 Low woods; common. April, 



It divides near its base into several trunks, becoming clump- 

 like. "VTier's Maple, so frequently seen on lawns, is a deeply 

 cut leaf foimi of this species. 



