38 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Carya, Nutt. Hickory. 



C. alba, Nutt. (Shell-bark Hickory.) Claremont, N. H., Dr. Barrows ;^ 



Royalton, Vt., L. Wild. 

 C. porcina, Nutt. (Pig-nut. Hog Walnut.) Common. 

 C. amara, Nutt. (Bitter-nut.) Claremont and Lebanon, Dr. Barrows. 



" Along the Conn, river on both sides," Flint. 



Order 76. MYRICACEJE. Sweet-Gale Family. 



Myrica, L. 



M. Gale, L. (Sweet Gale.) Swamps; Hanover, Sunapee Lake, etc. ; not 



uncommon. 

 M. asplenifoiia, Endl. (Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait.) — (Sweet Fern.) Dry- 

 hills ; common. 



Order 77. CUPULIFERJE. Oak Family. 



(Including Betulace.^, The Birch Family.) 



Betula, Tourn. Birch. 



B. lenta, L. (Black or Cherry Birch.) Throughout our limits, but less 



common north of Hanover. 

 B. lutea, Michx. f. (Yellow Birch.) Common. 

 B. populifolia, Ait. (B. alba, var. populifolia, Spach.)— (American White 



Birch. Gray Birch.) Not abundant, but very common in the centre of 



the state. 

 B. alba, L. (European White Birch.) Litroduced at Hanover, where it 



spreads rapidly. 



B. papyrifera, Marsh. (B. papyracea, Ait.) — (Paper or Canoe Birch. 

 White Birch of northern New England.) Very common. 



Alnus, Tourn. Alder. 



A. viridis, DC. (Green or Mountain Alder.) Banks of Conn, river, Han- 

 over, etc. 

 A. incana, Willd. (Speckled Alder.) Common northward. 

 A. serrulata. Ait. (Smooth Alder.) Claremont, Dr. Graves. More abun- 

 dant southward. 

 Corylus, Tourn. Hazelnut. 



C. rostrata, Ait. (Beaked Hazelnut.) Common. 



C. Americana, Walt. (Wild Hazelnut.) Hartford, Vt., and Hanover, N. 

 H. ; not uncommon. 

 Ostrya, Micheli. Hop-Hornbeam. 



O. Virginica, Willd. (Lever-wood. Iron-wood.) Common. 

 Carpinus, L. Hornbeam. Iron-wood. 



C. Caroliniana, Walt. (C. Americana, Michx.) — (American Hornbeam. 

 Blue or Water Beech.) Common. 

 Quercus, L. Oak. 



Q. alba, L. (White Oak.) More or less common on both sides of the 

 Conn, river. 



