ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. lOI 



RUBIACE/?^:. (MADDER FAMILY.) 



Galium pilosiini, Ait. June— September. Flowers purple. 



lli,S))i<lulum, Michx. May — Septfml)er. Flowers greenish-white. 



trifiduiil, L. (Small Bedstr.a.w.) June— July. Flowers white. 



cirCJCZiUis, Michx. (Wild Licorick ) July. Flower.s purple. 



Diodia Virg-iniaiia, L. (Button Weed.) [D. tetragona.) 



June— September. Flowers white or purplish. 

 teres^ Walter. June — September. Flowers purplish. 



Cephalanthus oecideutalis, L. (Button-bush. Box.) 



June. Flowers white. 

 Mitchella repeus, L. (Wild Runnini) Box.) 



March — April. Flowers white. 

 Oldenlandia coernlea, Gray. (Bluets.) 



February — March. Flowers pale blue. 

 purpurea, Gray. June — July. Flowers purple or nearly white. 



var. lon^ifolia, Gray. 



j^loinerata, xMicllX. July. Flowers greenish white. 



Gelsemiuni seinpervireiis, Ail. (Yellow Jessamine.) 



March — April. Flowers yellow. 

 Spig-elia Marilandiea, L. (Pink Root.) Rare. July. Flowers red. 



Miireola petiolata,T. & G. (Mitrevvort.) Muddy banks. 



June — September. Flowers small, white. 



sessilifolia, T. «fe G. Grassy swamps. July — eptember. 



rolypreniuin procunibens, L. June— September. Flowers small, white. 



COMPOSIT.^. (COMPOSITE FAMILY.) 



Achillea millefolium, L. (Milfoil. Yarrow.) 



June — September. Flowers white or rose. 

 Auibrosia arlemisia^folia, L. (Ragweed. Stick-weed. Carrot-weed ) 



August — September. Flowers unsightly. 

 Maruta cotula, 1). C. {Anthemis cotula.) (May weed. False chamo.mile.) 

 Dr. McRee at F. Waddell's. Streets and roadside^ 



June — September. Rays while. 

 Aster COncolor, L. August — September. Rays purple, pappus rust colored. 

 undulatus, L. August — September. Fk)wcrs pale blue, 



dumoSUS, L. September. Rays purplish white. 



flexuOSUS, Null. Salt marshes. August— October. Flowers purple. 

 « paludosus, Ait. August— October. Rays violet blue. 



liiliiolius, L. Salt marshes. October. 



Klliotlii, T. k G. 

 spectabilis. Ait. 



squarrosus, Waller. September— November. Rays blue. 



patens, Ait. 



