208 BOTANY OF MICHIGAN 



V actinium pennsylvanicum nigrum Wood. Low black blueberry. 

 Often found with the preceding. Berries very black. 



V actinium corymbosum L. High-bush huckleberry. Swamp blue- 

 berry. Common in swamps especially about the small lakes. Abundant 

 in a spruce-tamarack swamp near Cat Lake. "Abundant in a swamp in 

 Koylton Township." C. A. Davis. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus L. Small cranberiy. Abundant in a spruce- 

 tamarack swamp near Cat Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. American cranberry. Noticed about 

 Mud Lake southwest of Fostoria. "Sphagnum bogs in Dayton and 

 Water town townships." C. A. Davis. 



PRIMULACEAE. Primrose Family 



Samolus floribundus HBK. Water pimpernel. Brookweed. "Sandy 

 banks of pools in Watertown Township." C. A. Davis. 



Lysimachia quaclri folia L. Whorled loosestrife. Crosswort. On dry 

 open ground near Murphy's Lake and North Lake. "Sandy soil in 

 Indianfields and Vassar townships." C. A. Davis. 



Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. Bulb-bearing loosestrife. Frequent 

 in damp and marshy ground. "Borders of prairies, Akron Township. " 

 C. A. Davis. 



Lysimachia nummularia L. Moneywort. Occasional as an escape in 

 the streets of villages. Often a bad weed in lawns. "Well established 

 b}^ roadsides near Columbia postoffice on the banks of a ditch." C. A. 

 Davis. 



Lysimachia thyrsi flora L. Tufted loosestrife. Noticed in wet ground 

 near Mayville. Probably frequent throughout. 



Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf. Fringed loosestrife. Common through- 

 out in rich woods and thickets. 



Steironema quadriflorum (Sims) Hitchc. Prairie moneywort. Damp 

 prairie-like open ground in northern part of county. Plentiful. 



Trientalis americana (Pers.) Pursh. Star flower. Common through- 

 out in rich woods. 



OLEACEAE. Olive Family 



Fraxinus americana L. White ash. Common in rich ground with 

 other trees. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. Red ash. Frequent in damp rich 

 ground with other trees. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanccolata (Borkh.) Sarg. Green ash. Rich 

 open woods with other trees, and along streams. Frequent. 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. Black ash. Formerly abundant in swampy 

 ground, but becoming scarce on account of drainage and fires. Noticed 



