1919^ ^OTES ON THE Floea OF Church's Islaxd 71 



FAMILY HALOBAGIDACE^ 



Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck. Mermaid weed. Common on mud along 



edge of marsh. 

 Myriophyllum sp. Common in ditches at South End. 



FAMILY ARALIACExE 



Aralia spinosa L. Hercules' Club. Scarce; wet thickets. 



FAMILY AMMIACE^ 



Sanicula canadensis L. Snake root. Basal leaves in old pine woods. 

 Fceniculum fcEniculum (L) Karsten. Fennel. A very common weed; fr. both 



September and October. 

 Hydrocotyle umbellata L. Marsh pennywort. Abundant, mudflats along 



edge of marsh. Fls. to mat. fr. 

 Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. Common along paths, and edges of marsh; fr. 

 Centella asiatica (L.) Urban. Old pine woods; mat. fr. 

 Ptilimnium capillaceum (Michaux) Rafinesque. Scarce in marsh. Fls. to 



mat. fr. 

 Cicuta maculata L. Water hemlock. Common; fr. 



FAMILY CORNACE.E 



Cornus asperifolia Michaux. Common; fr. 



Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Sour Gum. A few trees in wet woods; fr. Sept.-Oct. 



FAMILY SAPOTACE^ 



Bumelia lycioides (L.) Persoon. Carolina Buckthorn. Common along high 

 shore of Sound; fr. 



FAMILY EBENACE.E 



Diospyros virginiana L. Persimmon. Common; here as elsewhere the fruit 

 varies much in quality, that of some trees being excellent. 



FAMILY OLEACE.I': 



Fraxinus americana L. White ash. A few trees in springy place; leaflets 

 broadly ovate, much shorter and broader than on white ash in the 

 vicinity of Washington, D. C. 



FAMILY LOGANIACE.T: 



Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Aiton. Yellow Jessamine. Common in old pine 

 woods. 



FAMILY OENTIANACE.E 



Sabbatia dodecandra (L.) Brltton. Sterns and Poggenburg. Marsh pink. 

 One very old and damaged specimen In edge of marsh. 



