12 



From April 15th to May 1st. 



Crticiferte. 



^Capselhi bursa-pastoris, Sheplioid"- jxirse. 



A very coiiMinoii weed; b. till 

 Xoveniber. 



Cypevaceft'. 



Carex Pennsylvaiiica, Sedge. 



varia, •' 



Gratninefe. 



Poa annua, I>ow >i>eai-i>rass. 



liduracew. 



tLindera Benzoin, Spiee Itush. 



Coniposita'. 

 Antennaria plantaginifolia, Plantain-leaved everlast- Sterile field*; common. 

 Taraxacum officinale, Dandelion. [ing. Very common ; b. sparingly 



Dry fields; common. 

 Dry woods; frequent. 



Common; b. till November 

 Marshj' woods; frequent. 



Rosacea'. 



Potentilla Canadensis, < imjuo-foi 



Eriraeew. 

 Arctostaphjios Uva-ursi, Bearben-y 



Chiogenes seri)yllifolia. 



till October. 

 \'erv common. 



Cassandra calvculata. 



'J'remont, Onset, A:c., May 1. 

 Creeping snowberry. Bogs near IJowland's si)ring. 

 IjCatlier-leaf. Borders of bogs; b. 1 mo.; 



common. 



Myrleacea'. 



Myrica asplenifolia. Sweet feiM. 



Gale, Sweet gale. 



Callitricfiacrre. 



Callitriclie heterophylla. Water stai-wort. 



Ranaiiralacea'. 



Anemone nomorosa, ^V'ood anemone. 



var. (|uin(|iiefolia, Five-leaved anemone 



Caltha palustris. Marsh marigold. 



Violacefc. 



Violii blanda. Sweet white violet. 



LabiaUe. 

 Nepeta glechonia, Gill-over-the-gi'ou nd. 



Sterile pastures; conution. 

 Borders of marshes; com'n. 



Muddy pools: b. tili Sejtt. 



Border of woods; b. 1 mo. 

 Brooks and maishes ; I). 1 mo. 



Wet places; common. 



About dwellings and waste 

 places. 



* See note, page 9. 



t The filial! greenish-yellow tlowers ;ire easily recogni/eil at a distance of several yards. The 

 shrub may also be identified by the jjeeuliar white-dotted and granulated surface of its trunk and 

 branches. Some flower buds gathei-ed Feb. 24tli of this year, which were then somewhat swollen, on 

 being put in a vase of water bloomed JNIarch 24th. 



