9 

 April 15ih to May 1st 



Cyperacece. 



Carex pennsylvanica, Lam. Sedge. 



Dry fields; coninioii. 

 do. var. lueorurn, P'ernald. " 



varia, IMulil. Dry woods; common. " 



Poa annua, L. Low Spear Grass. 



Common ; b. till November. Nat. f. Eu. 



LuufarefP. 



fBenzoin a'stivale, (L.) Nees. Spice Biisli. 



Marshy woods; frequent. 



Comjtosifw. 



Antennaria neglecta, Greene. Ladies' Tobacco. 



Fields and open woods; common. 



plantaginifolia, (L.) Richards. Plantain-leaved Everlasting. 



Sterile fields; common. 



Taraxacum officinale, Weber. Dandelion. 



Very common; b. sparingly till October. 



var. palustre, (Sm.) Blyth. " 



erythrospernmm, Andrz. Red-seeded Dandelion. 



Nat. f. Eu. 



Mosaeece. 



Potentilla canadensis L. var. simplex, (Michx.) T. & G. Cinquefoil. 



Very common. 



Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, (L.) Spreng. Bearberry. 



Tremont, Onset, &c., JMay L 

 Chiogenes hispidula, (L.) T. & G. Creeping Snowberry. 



Bogs near Howland's Spring, &c. 



Chanui'daphne calyculata, (L.) Moench. Leather Leaf. 



Borders of bogs ; b . 1 mo. ; common. 



tThp small fri'eenish-yellow flowers are easily reco.trnijed at a distance of several 

 yards. The sliruh may also ho identified by the peeidiar white-dotted and granulated 

 surface of its trunk and liranches. Some tlower buds gathered Feb. 24th, which Avere 

 then somewhat swollen, on being put in a vase of water bloomed March 24th. 



