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(1. QUERCUS.) 



coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 



Hilly woods. Frequent, 

 rubra, L. (Red Oak.) 



Dry hilly woods. Frequent, 

 paliistris, Du Roi. (Pin Oak.) 



Wet woods. Common. 



2. Castanea, Tour a. 



vesca, L. (Chestnut.) 



Rocky and hilly woods. Common. June, 

 pumila, Miclix. (Chinquapin.) 

 Sterile soil; S. W. of Newark (J. Webb); St. Ann', 

 Church, near Middletown (J. A. Hunter). Rare 

 elsewhere. June. 



3. Fagus, Tourn. 



ferruginea, Ait. (Beech.) 



Dry woods. Common. May. 



4. Corylus, Tourn. 



Americana, Walt. (Hazelnut.) 



Thickets, &c. Frequent. March, 

 rostrata, Ait. (Beaked Hazelnut.) 



Rocky banks of Brandywine, near Dupont's. Rare. 

 April. 



5. Carptxus, L. (Ironwood.) 



Americana, Michx. (Hornbeam.) 

 Low woods. Frequent. April. 



6. Ostrya, Michel I. 



Virginica, WiVd. (Hop Hornbeam.) 



Dry woods along Brandywine. Xot common. April. 



Order 88'.— MYRICACEJE. 108. 



1. Comptonia, Solander. 



asplenifolia, Ait. (Sweet Fern.) 



Woody hillsides; Red Clay Creek, &c. Frequent. 

 April. 



Order 89.— BETULACEJE. 109. 

 1. Betula, Tourn. 



alba, var. populifolia, Spach. (White Birch.) 

 Poor soil in the lower part of the county. April. 



