PLANTS OF MANHATTAN- AND BLUE RAPIDS 117 



Plantago Pnrshii R. & S. Prairie Plantain. 



Prairies and dry soil. Common. May 25 (26). 

 Plantago aristaia Michx. Large-braeted Plantain. 



Grass fields. Occasional. 

 Plantago virginica L. Dwarf Plantain. 



Manhattan. Once collected in sandy soil, May 30 (in fruit.) 



Rubiaceae. Madder Family. 



Houstonia angustijolia Michx. 



Rocky hills. Common. June 20 (18). 

 Cephalanihus occidentalis L. Button Bush. 



Riverbanks and ditches; swamps. Frequent. July 25. 

 Galium Aparine L. Cleavers. Bedstraw. 



Woods and thickets. Common. May 5 (5). 

 Galium circaezans Michx. 



Dry woods. Common at Manhattan, occasional at Blue 

 Rapids. May 25. 



Galium triflorum Michx. Sweet-scented Bedstraw. 



Woods and wooded ravines. Common. 

 Galium tinciorium L. 



Manhattan, in meadow. 



Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle Family. 



Sambucus canadensis L. Elder Berry. 



Low ground and fields. Common. June 5 (7). 

 Triosteum perfoliatum L. Horse Gentian. 



Edges of woods. Frequent. May 30 (30). 

 Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. Wolfberry. 



Manhattan. One station (Rock Island cut). June 10. 

 Symphoricarpos Symphoricarpos (L.) MacM. Coral Berry 

 Indian Currant. 



Thickets and hillsides. Common. July 20 (21). 



Cucurbitaceae. Gourd Family 



Cucurfita joetidissima H. B. K. Missouri Gourd. 



Manhattan. Occasional in dry soil. 

 Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene. Wild Balsam Apple. 



River banks. Common. Aug. 10 (8). 

 Sicyos angidatus L. One-seeded Bur Cucumber. 



River banks. Common. Aug 5 (4). 



