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Lycopodium chamaecyparissus A. Br. 

 Found with the last aud generally considered a variety of that 

 species. Professor Underwood makes it a distinct species in his 

 work, Otir Native Ferns. Autumn. 



ISOETACEAE 

 Isoetes engelmanni A. Br. 

 Engelmann's quillwort 

 Frequent along the Susquehanna at Apalachin. August. 



Isoetes engelmanni gracilis Engelm. 

 Found with the last. August. 



SPERMATOPHYTA 



Seed-hearing plants 

 PINACEAE 



Pinus strobus L. 



White pine 



Very common. Formerly this was the principal forest tree 



of this region, but now it occurs chiefly as a small tree, though, 



scattered here and there, specimens of primeval trees are still 



found. .n- • A -^ 



Finus resinosa Ait. 



Red pine. Canadian pine 

 Very rare. A single specimen was observed near Barton in 

 1897. According to old settlers it was formerly quite frequent. 

 'i^^^- Pinus rigida Mill. 



Pitch pine 

 Common. A much smaller tree than the white pine and less 

 valuable. May. 



Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 

 Hemlock 

 Common. The young trees are the most graceful of evergreens. 



May. 



Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton 



T. canadensis Willd. 



Ground hemlock. American yeio 



Moist, shaded banks and along streams. Frequent. Abundant 



near Apalachin and at the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 



narrows west of Owego. Sometimes mistaken for a juniper. 



May. 



