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Ligustrum vulgare L. 



Privet 



Escaped from (cultivation to roadsides in tlie vicinity of Barton. 



July. 



GENTIANACEAE 



Gentiana crinita Froel. 



Fringed gentian 



Plentiful in a moist field near Apalachin. This is its only 



known station in our limits. Autumn. 



Gentiana quinquefolia L. 

 G. quinque flora Lam. 

 Btifl gentian. Ague weed 

 Neglected fields. Common. September. 



Gentiana andrewsii Griseb. 

 Closed gentian 

 Moist soil, specially along streams. Frequent. August-Sep- 

 tember. 



MENYANTHACEAE 

 Menyanthes trifoliata L. 

 Buck Ijean. Bog hean 

 Bogs. Mutton hill pond. Infrequent. May-June. 



APOCYNACEAE 

 Vinca minor L. 

 Myrtle. Periwinkle 

 Dooryards and specially abundant about old graveyards. May. 



Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 

 Spreading dogbane 

 Fields, thickets and fence rows. Common. July. 



Apocynum cannabinum L. 

 Indian hemp 

 Abundant on gravelly shores of the river. July-August. 



ASCLEPIADACEAE 

 Asclepias tuberosa L. 

 Butterfly weed. Pleurisy root 

 Dry fields and along railroads. Frequent. August. Abun- 

 dant along the Erie railroad east of Campville. 



