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MICHIGAN FLORA. 



"White Dock. 

 Swamp Dock. 



Curled Dock. 

 Yellow D. 



Bitter Dock. 



Bloody-veined 

 Dock. 



Field or Sheep 

 Sorrel. 



051. salicifolius, Weinmann. 



Shore of Little Traverse Bay(!); and northward. 



952. verticillatuSj L. 



Wet swamps. 



953. crispus, L. (**) 



Everywhere in fields. A bad weed. 



954. oMusifolius, L. (***) 



Meadows and fields. 



955. sanguineus, L. (***) 



Ann Arbor— Miss Clark. 



956. Acetosella, L. (***) 



Sterile fields. 



N. & U. P. 



Scarce. 



L. P. 



Frequent. 



Th. 

 Th. 



Frequent. 



Th. 



Common. 



Sassafras. 



Spice-bush. 

 Benjamin- 

 bush. 



LAURACE^E. 



(Laurel Family.) 



SASSAFRAS 



95?. officinale, Nees. 



Woods— sandy soil. 



State. 

 LLNDERA 



958. Benzoin, Meisner. (***) 



Damp woods. 



(*) 0. & S. 



A shrub or low tree, not found north of the C. of the 



Frequent. 



0. &s. 



Frequent. 



Leather-wood 

 Moose-wood. 



THYMELEAOE^E. 



(Mezereum Family.) 



DIRCA 



959. palustris, L. (***) 



"Woods. The tough bark used for thongs by Indians. 

 Cat.; S. Haven— Bailey; and northward. 



Th. 



Ann Arbor— Winch. 

 Frequent. 



Canadian 

 Shepherdia. 



ELjEAGNACEjE. 



(Oleaster Family.) 



SHEPHERDIA 



9 GO. Canadensis, Nutt. 



Th. 



Gravelly banks. Lansing— Prof. W. J. Beal; "On the western islands in 

 Lake Erie."— Dr. D. Cooley; Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat.; South Haven- 

 Bailey; Flint; and northward. Abundant at Petoskey(l). "A common 

 short shrub," (L. Superior,)— Whitney Cat. 



Bastard Toad 

 flax. 



SANTALACE^E. 



(Sandalwood Family.) 



COMANDRA 



961. umbellata, Nutt. 



Dry ground. Indifferently parasitic on root: 



962*. livida, Richards. 



Th. 



Common. 



N. & U. P. 



'Sandy shores, L. Superior."— Gray ; Traverse City- Dr. A. B. Lyons; Isle 

 Royale— Whitney Cat. 



