REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1902 105 



HAMAMELIDACEAE 

 Hamamelis virg-iniaiia L. 

 Witch hazel 

 A common shrub in woods and thickets and along fence rows. 



Autumn, 



PLATANACEAE 



Platanus occidentalis L. 

 Buttonwood. Sycamore 

 Along the river and streams. Common. May. 



ROSACEAE 



Opulaster opulifolius (L.) Kuntze 



P h y s o c a r p u s opulifolius Maxim 



Nitiehark 



River banks. Common. June. 



Spiraea salicifolia L. 

 Meadowsweet 

 Swamps and moist ground. Common. July. 



Spiraea tomentosa L. 

 Hardliack. Steeple hush 

 Swamp east of Campville. Rare. August. 



Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britton 

 G i 1 1 e n i a t r i f o 1 i a t a Moench 

 Indian physic. Bowman's root 

 Open upland woods. Frequent. June-July. 



Rubus odoratus L. 

 PvA'ple-flowering raspherry 

 Rocky woods and ravines. Frequent. 



Rubus strigosus Michx. 

 Wild red raspherry 

 Neglected fields and along roadsides and fences. Common. 

 June. It frequently flowers and fruits in late summer and 

 autumn. j^^^^g neglectus Pk. 



Purple wild raspherry 

 In the same localities as the la^st, but infrequent. June. It 

 has dark red or puri)le fruit, long recurved stems and much re- 

 sembles R. occidentalis. 



