284 LORANTHACEAE 



1. B. Drummondiana Weddell. (B. scabra (Porter) Small). In 



swamps: Conn, to Mich., Kan., Fla. and Texas. 



Conn. Reported from Southington, Bridgeport and Fairfield. 



N. Y. Occasional on L. I., rare on S. I.; Bronx and Westchester 



counties to the Highlands. Unknown elsewhere. 

 N. J. Throughout the state except the pine-barrens, there rare or 



wanting. 

 Pa. Northampton Co. 



A little known species, whose distribution is not yet elucidated ; 

 perhaps not specifically distinct from the following. 



2. B. cylindrica (L.) Willd. In moist soil: Que. and Ont. to 



Minn., Fla., Kan. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range except in the pine-barrens, there 

 rare or wanting. 



5. Parietaria L. 



1. P. pennsylvanica Muhl. On dry rocks and banks: Me. and 

 Ont. to B. Col., Fla., Colo, and Mex. 

 Conn. Throughout the state but rare and local. 

 N. Y. Manhasset Neck, L. I., unknown on S. I., South Yonkers, 



Westchester Co. 

 N. J. Known only from Sandy Hook, Monmouth Co. and rare and 



local in Mercer, Hunterdon, Warren, and Bergen counties. 

 Pa. Chester and Bucks counties. 



A rare and local species whose distribution is little understood. 



Parietaria officinalis L., P. debilis Forst. and P. diffusa Mert. & Koch have been 

 credited to the area as waifs. Not recently collected. 



LORANTHACEAE 



Leaves scale-like, united at the base; anthers 1 -celled; berry pe- 



duncled. i- Razoumofskya. 



Leaves thick, flat; anthers 2-cellcd; berry sessile. 2. Phoradendron. 



i. Razoumofskya Hoffm. 

 1. R. pusilla (Peck) Kuntze. Parasitic on twigs of spruces and 

 larch: Newf. to Conn., N. Y., Pa. and Mich. 

 Conn. Rare and local in Litchfield Co. 

 N. Y. Mountain summits in Greene Co. 

 Pa. Mountain summits in Pike and Monroe counties. 



So far as known not distributionally coextensive with our 

 spruces and the larch. Its known localities are more restricted 

 than theirs. 



