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Canada Hawkweed. 



Augrust 10th to 20th 



Legumiuosoi. 



Lespedeza violacea, (L.) Pers. Bush Clover. 



Dry soil ; common. 

 *Stuvei, Niitt. 



Dry soil ; common, 

 liirta, (L.) Ilornem. 



Dry soil; common, 

 capitata, ]\Iiclix. 



Dry soil; common, 

 angustifolia, (Pursh.) Ell. 



Dry soil ; common, 

 virginica, (L.) Britton. 



Dry soil ; common. 



Coinjiositce. 



Hieracium canadense, IMichx. 



Dry pastures, &c., till Oct. ; com. 

 Gronovii, L. Hairy 



Dry pastures, &c., till Oct. ; com. 



scabrum, :\lielix. Rough 



Dry pastures, &c., till Oct. ; com. 



tPrenanthes trifoliolata, (Cass.) Fernald. Gall-of-the-earth. 



Borders of woods and roadsides ; b. till last Oct. 



tserpentaria, Pursh. Lion's-foot. 



Dry soil ; freq. ; b. t. last Oct. 



Circium discolor, (Muhl.) Spreng. Tall Thistle. 



Fields, &c. ; frequent. 

 Iva oraria, Bartlett. Marsh Elder. 



Salt marshes; common. 

 Pluchea camphorata, (L.) DC. Salt-marsh Pleabane. 



Salt marshes; conmion. 



Bidens trichosperma, (Michx.) Britton. Tickseed Sunflower. 



Myricks, in a wet meadow. 



*Dr. E. L. Sturtevant. 



tA farmer informed the writer that he used these plants steeped in milk as a 

 remedy for poison from Poison Dogwood; an application of the rather adiiesive prepa- 

 ration forming a coating, which prevented the spreading of the poison to other parts. 



