MICHIGAN" FLORA. 



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Beaked Hazel. 1013. rostrata, Ait. (***J 



Hop- Horn- 

 beam. 

 Iron-wood. 



Blue or Water 

 Beech. 



Lansing— Bailey, probably its southern limit; Hubbardstonf !); and com. 

 mon uorthward. 



OSTRYA 



1014. Virginica, Willd. 



Rich woods. 

 CARPINUS 



1015. Americana, Miclix. 



Along streams. Wood of this and the prcccdim 

 used for wedges, levers, etc. 



Th. 



Con.' 



Th. (?) 



nd durable; 



Corns 



MYRICACEjE. 



Sweet Gale. 



Bay-berry. 

 Wax-Mvrtle. 



Sweet Fern, 



{Sweet Gale Family.) 

 MYRICA 



1016. Gale, L. (***) 



Swamp near Crooked Lake, Emmet Co.(!); Man] 

 Koyale— Dr. A. B. Lyons. 



1017. cerifera, L. (***) 



S. Mich.— Winch. Cat. 

 COMPTONIA 



1018. asplenifolia, Ait. (***) 



South— Wr. Cat. ; Detroit— Dr. A. B. Lyons. Very common in the center 

 of the State and northward throughout the pine country, of which it is 

 a characteristic species. 



N. & r. P. 



tce-K. J. 11 



Th. 



BETULACE.E. 



(Birch Family.) 



BETULA 



Cherry Birch. 1019. lentil, L. (***) 



Th. 



Paper Birch. 

 Canoe Birch. 

 Silver Eirch. 



Low Birch. 



Ann Arbor— Allmend. Cat. ; 8. Haven— Bailey; mar Lansing— Prof W. J. 



Beal; Hubbardston(!); Flint; and northw; 

 the south, but attains a " monstrous size " 

 Cat. 



rd to L. Su] erior. Rare in 

 on Drnmmond'a I.— Winch. 



Yellow Birch. 1020. lutea, Michx., f . 



Th. 



to L. Superior. "Common 

 northward to th< 

 rof. W. J. Beal. Flare south 



1021. 



1022. 

 1023. 



Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat.; S. Haven— Bailey: 

 along the line of the P. & P. M. B. B., and 

 country; a large tree; timber valuable.'*—] 

 of the Grand-Saginaw valley. 



papyracea, Ait. (***) Th, 



Extends southward to Lansing and perhaps further. Frequent at 

 Crystal Lake, Montcalm Co., (!) as;i small tree, often Bpringa up, form- 

 ing a dense thicket, where pine lands have been burned 

 separating into thin, papery strips, used by Indians for canoes, basket. 

 work, etc. A large tree at the north. 



pumila, L. 



Swamps. 



glandulosa, Michx. 



Burt's MS. Cat. 



Th. 



Green or 



Mountain 



Alder. 



Speckled or 

 Hoary Alder. 

 Tag-Alder. 



ALNUS 



1024. viridis, DC. ; - l> - 



"Dry rocky land"— Whitnev Cat.; Isle Koyale- Dr. A. ! 



» ■* non. 



1025. incana, Willd. (***) 



Borders of streams. 

 U. P. 



The prevailing Alder in center of the State and in 

 1 mon. 



