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Buckthorn. 



New Jersey 

 Tea* 



Red-root. 

 Ceanothus. 



MICHIGAN FLORA. 



RHAMNACE^E. 



(Buckthorn Family,) 



KHAMNUS 



202. alnifolia, I/Her. Th. 



Common. 

 CEANOTHUS 



203. Americanus, L. (***) Th. 



Sandy woods, rarely on beach and maple land. Frequent. 



204. ovatus, Desf. 



Dr. Pitcher; also, east shore L. Huron, E. Ont., and L. Sup.— Can. Cat. 



CELASTRACE^E 



( Staff -tree Fain ily . ) 



Celastrns. 

 "Wax- work. 

 Climbing Bit- 

 ter-sweet. 



Waahoo. 

 Burning-Bush. 



Trailing 



Strawberry 



Bush. 



CELASTRUS 



205. scandens, L. (***) 



An ornamental climbing 



0. &s. 



shrub, the orange and scarlet-arilled fruit re- 

 maining overwinter. Easy to grow and desirable for its autumn and 

 winter effect. The staminate and pistillate flowers are on different 

 individuals, and this must not be overlooked when specimens are taken 

 from the field for cultivation. 



EUONYMUS 



206. atropurpureus, Jacq. C. & S. 



Low river-banks. Well distributed, but nowhere very common. Worthy 

 of cultivation. Bark of shrub and roots gathered for the drug trade— 

 an ingredient of various tonic bitters and patent nostrums. 



207. Americanus, L., var. obovatus, T. & Gr. C. & S. 



Trailing. The sp. does not occur. Common. 



SAPINDACE^E. 



(Soapberry Family.) 



STAPHYLEA 



Biadder-Nut. 208. trifolia, L. 



Th, 



Marquette Co.— Burt; and frequent along river banks in L. P. A curious 

 and interesting low shrub, with drooping white flowers, ovate, pointed, 

 serrate leaflets, and large triangular pods, whence the common name. 

 Sometimes cultivated and deserving attention. 



Ohio Buckeve. 

 Fetid B. 



^SCULUS 



209. glabra, Willd. 



River-bottoms, Lenawee Co.— Prof. Beal; and probably in other localities 

 in the southern tier of counties. 



ACER 



striped Maple. 210. Pennsylvanicum, L. (***) 



N. & U. P. 



Mountain 

 Maple. 



Sugar Maple. 

 Rock M. 



Abundant in IT. P.— Whitney, common at Petoskey (!), and occasional as 

 far S. on the Huron shore as Alcona Co.— Winchell Cat., and in the inter- 

 ior as Houghton Lake(!). 



211. spicatum, Lam. C. N. & U. P. 



Common in U. P.; Alcona Co.— Winch. Cat.; Crystal Lake, Montcalm 

 Co.(!); and occasional in cold swamps as far south as banks of Grand 

 river near Lansing— Beal. 



212. saccharinum, Wang. ( 



***' 



Th. 



This and the next yield "maple sugar." Frequent in the U. P., and 

 abundant in the lower, forming extensive groves, either alone or in con- 

 nection with beech. Largely used for fuel, and to some extent for 

 cabinet purposes, especially the curled and bird's eye varieties. Exten- 

 sively planted as a shade-tree. In localities badly infested with borers 

 of the genus Clylus. 



