220 THE PLANT LIFE OF MARYLAND 



the railroad and the State line. Near Silver Kun a few Elms 

 were noted, and an occasional Buttonwood ; the Hazelnut was present 

 in some abundance in the roadside thickets, and the Choke Cherry 

 (Prunus serotina) in the edges of the drier woods, or more open 

 thickets. Among other trees and woody plants seen in the same 

 vicinity the following may be noted : 



Quercus macrocarpa 

 Sassafras sassafras 

 Nyssa biflora 

 Hicoria ovata 

 < rleditsia triacanthos 

 Quercus palustris 

 Quercus coccinia 

 Quercus prinus 

 Quercus velutina 

 Quercus alba. 



In the list of herbaceous plants of the same region there are to 

 be noted the following species: 



Ludwigia alternifolia 

 Onagra biennis 

 Oxalis stricta 

 Lespedeza procumbens 

 Plantago rugelii 

 Anthemis cotula 

 Solidago lanceolata 

 Saponaria officinalis 

 Abutilon abutilon 

 Bidens bipinnata 

 Cichorium in tyb us 

 Meibomia nudiflora 

 Trichostema dichotomum 

 Medicago lupulina 

 Apocynum cannabinum 

 Datura stramonium 

 Solatium nigrum 

 Lcchea villosa. 



