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 OROBANCHACEiE.— Broom-rape Family. 



EPIPHEGUS, Nutt. Beech-drops. 



1728. E. ViRGiNiANA, Bart. (Cancer-root.) 



Under beech trees and parasitic upon their roots. Woods near St. 

 Louis Dam. Beechwood. Chelsea. Oct. — -2. (B) A curious 

 branched^ leafless, purplish herb about nine inches in height. 

 Flowers many, of two kinds, the upper conspicuous, with a long 

 tubular sti'iped corolla, but sterile ; the lower fertile, with a 

 very short corolla. 



LENTIBULARIAGE^.— Bladder-wort Family. 



UTRICULABIA, L. Bladder-wort. 



1731. U. VULGARIS, L. var. Americana, Gray. 



Floating in ditches and slow streams. Common. July — 2. (B) 

 Perennial. In autumn round, solid, winter-buds about half an 

 inch in diameter form at the tips of the branchlets. These sink 

 to the bottom of the water and the refet of the plant dies. 



1734. U. intermedia, Hague. 



Floating in shallow water and creeping over soft mud, beneath 

 carices and other marsh vegetation. Rideau canal. Billings 

 Bridge. Gatineau Point. Hull. July — 2. A much slenderer 

 plant than 1731^ with all the bladders on separate leafless, 

 branches. Flowers large and few, very rarely produced. 



1736. U. CORNUTA, Mx. 



Sphagnous swamps. At the gas-spring in the Mer Bleue,. East- 

 man's Springs. In a small swamp at Black Lake, Kingsmere.. 

 July — 2. A remarkable plant, consisting of a slender stem with, 

 a few large yellow flowers at the summit, no leaves, and very few:' 

 rootlets. 



VERBENAOE^.— Verbena Family. 



PHRYMA, L. Lop-seed. 

 1744. P. Leptostachya, L. 



liOw open woods. JS'ot uncommon. July — 1. (B). 



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