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CUCURBITACE/E. (GOURD FAMILY.) 



La^eilJiria vulgaris, Sering-. (CiOURD.) About settlements. 



May — June. Flowers yellow. 

 Sicyos aiig'iilatus, L. (O.ne-seeded Cucumber.) G. McCarthy. 

 Mclothria peinlula, L. In rice fields and elsewhere. 



May — August. Flowers small, yellow. 



CRASSULACE^. (ORPINE FAMILY.) 



Penlhorum sedoides, L. Ditch stone crop. July — September. 



SAXIFRAGACE^. (SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 



Saxifraga Virg^inieiisis, Pursh. (Early Saxifra(;e.) 



April — May. Flowers white. 



Heuchera Americana, L. (Alum-root.) April — May. Flowers white. 



Itea Virginica, L. May — June. Flowers white. 



Decumaria barbara, L. (/?. sannentoso. Ell.) 



May — June. Flowers odorous, white. 



HAMAMELACE/E. (WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY.) 



Hamainelis Yirgillica, L. (VVitch-Hazel.) Winter. Flowers yellow. 



Fotliergilla alnifolia, L, (Dwarf Alder.) March — April. Flowers white. 

 Liquidaiiibar Styraciflua, L. (Sweet-Gum.) May. 



UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



Hydrocolyle repanda, Pers. June— August. 



umbellata, L. (Water Grass.) May — July. 



ranunculoides, L. July— August. 



illteiTUpta, Muhl. June. 



Cicuta inaculata, L. (Water Hemlock. Wild Parsnip.) 



July. Flowers white. 

 Dau«us pusillus, Miclix. (Dwarf Carrot.) Smithville. 



June. Flowers white or yellowish. 



Eryiigiuiii yucca^foliuiii, Michx. (Button Snakeroot.) {E. aquaticutn, 



Linn.) June. Flowers blue. 



Virginiauum, Lam. July. Flowers blue. 



virgatum, Lam. August. Flowers blue. 



priBaltum, Gray. (E. Vir^inianum, Ell.) August. Flowers while. 



Archemora rigida, D. C. (Cowbane. Pig Potatoe.) {Slum denticidatum.) 



August — September. Flowers white. 

 ternata, NutU November. Flowers white. 



