REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1903 59 



Betula lenta L. 



Black Mrch 



Rich woodland. Common. April, May. 



Betula lutea Mx. 



Yellow Mrch 



Rich moist woodland. Common. April, May. 



Alnus incana (L.) Willd. 



Tag alder 



Borders of streams and swamps. Common. February-April. 



Alnus rugosa (DuRoi) K. Koch 



A. s e r r u 1 a t a Willd. 



Smooth alder 



Mutton hill pond. This is its only station. February-April. 



Fagus americana Sweet 



Fagus ferruginea Ait. 



Beech 



Scattered throughout our territory. May. 



Castanea der.tata (Marsh.) Borkh. 



Castanea sativa var. a m e r i c a n a Wats. 



Chestnut 



A very common tree. July. 



Syndesmon thalictroides (L.) Hoffmg. 

 Anemonella thalictroides Spach 



Rue anemone 

 Woods and thickets. Common. April-June. 



Rubus occidentalis L. 



Black raspberry 



Fence rows and neglected fields. Common. May, June. 



Rhus copallina L. 



Mountain sumac. Dicarf sumac. Upland sumac 



Dry soil 3 miles south of Owego. Rare. June, July. 



Paxsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby 



Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. 



Blue wax weed. Tarweed 



Abundant in a neglected field near Nichols. August-October. 



Fine flowering specimens were collected as late as Oct. 24. Tlie 



whole plant is very viscid pubescent. 



