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From July 1st to 10th. 



Siinariibacece. 



Allanthns ijUouhdonns^ Tree of Heuven. Shade-tree in the city. 



Oleacete. 



Ligustrum vulgare^ Eui-opeaii privet. Garden hedges. 



ovalifolium, California privet. Lawns. 



C(i])rifoUace(e. 



Sainl>>(cus (mrea. Golden elder. Garden>;. 



From July 10th to 20th. 



Manuneulacefe. 



Ranunenlns ambigens. Water spearwort. Ponds and dit<-hes; infreq't. 



Cmciferd'. 



Cakile Americana. Aniericjin sea-rocket. Seashore; often in seaweed 



used to cover casks of oil 

 stored on wh'ves ; b. t. Nov. 

 Liliacefe. 



Lilium PhiladelphiiMiin. Wild orange-red lil_y. Dry or sandy ground ; com. 



Canadense, Wild yellow lily. Not connnou. 



HhfUHnarece. 



*Ceanotlius Americanus, New Jersey tea. Marsh Island, New Bedford; 



Little Isl.. Dartmouth, &f. 

 Geranlacefv. 

 Impatiens fulva, Spotted touch-me-not. Common near shaded brooks. 



Legatnlnosw. 

 Baptisia tinctoria, AVild indigo. L)i"y, sandy soil, till Sept. 



Roaacece. 

 Geuin album, Avens. Borders of woods, &c. 



Virginianum, " '•• " 



*The entire capsule of Ceanothus Am. when ripe, about the first ol November or before, springs 

 from the receptacle or disk by tlie simultaneous splitting of each of the three carpels; the latter cli- 

 verging fly to a distance of three or four feet, and at the sam^! time scatter their seeds. The manner 

 in which each carpel is ruptured, though peculiar, is constantly uniform: it is cleft in the middle 

 from base upwards for half its length, while each lol^e near the outer edge is slit downward into a 

 nari-ow wing or elater, and both movements are necessary to set free and discharge the polished- 

 surface seeds. The scattered carpels have a strong resemblance to the yellowish wing-covers of a 

 diminutive beetle. 



