383] FLORA OF COLUMBIA AND VICINITY 141 



412. T. purpurascens L. Purplish meadow rue. 

 Wooded flats along streams and in deep ravines; scarce. 

 Nova Scotia and Anticosti to Saskatchewan; Florida to 



Arizona, 



Family 43. BERBERIDACEAE T. & G. Barberry family. 



159. PODOPHYLLUM L. May apple. 



413. P. peltatum L. Wild mandrake. 

 Common in rich woods and thickets. 

 Quebec to Minnesota; Florida to Texas. 



160. LEONTIOE L. [CA C/LOPHVLLUM Michx.-]. 



414. L. thalictroides L. [C. thalictroides (L.) Michx.]. 

 Blue cohosh. 



Rich alluvial woods; infrequent. 



New Brunswick to Minnesota and South Dakota; South 

 Carolina to Tennessee, Missouri and Nebraska. 



Family 44. MENISPERMACEAE DC. Moonseed 

 family. 



161. MENISPERMUM Tourn. Moonseed. 



415. M. Ganadense L. 



Woods, thickets and fence-rows; common. 



Quebec to Manitoba; Georgia to the Indian Territory. 



Family 45. LAURACEAE Lindl. Laurel family. 



162. SASSAFRAS Nees. 



416. S. oflacinale Nees \S. Sassafras (L.) Karst.]. Sassa- 

 fras. 



Oak openings; somewhat scarce; seldom more than a 

 shrub, but trees of considerable size occur. 



Maine to Ontario, Michigan and Nebraska; Florida to 

 Texas. 



163. LINDERA Thunb. ^BENZOIN Fabr.]. Spice- 

 bush. 



