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of the town of Huntington, just north of Babylon. Corema 

 Conradii may possibly occur somewhere in this region, for accord- 

 ing to Mr. J. H. Redfield* it is associated, wherever it grows, 

 with a good many of the species listed above. 



The flora of the swamps is considerably richer than that of an 

 equal area of dry pine-barrens. The single pine-barren swamp 

 examined on October 1 1 contained the following species, some 

 on its edges, some right in the stream, and some in intermediate 

 positions. 



TREES 



Acer rubrmn 

 Nyssa sylvatica 

 Pimis rigida 

 Betula populifolia 



SHRUBS 



CI et lira alnifolia 

 Alnus rugosa 

 Myrica carolinensis 

 Ilex glabra 



Chamaedaphne calycidata 

 Azalea viscosa 

 Leucothoe racemosa 

 Xolhnia ligjistrina 

 Rims Vernix 

 Kalmia angustifolia 

 Azalea viscosa glauca 

 Ilex verticUlata 

 Cephalanthiis occidentalis 

 Viburnum cassinoides 

 Spiraea salicifolia 



HERBS 



Osmunda cinnamomea 



Didichium arundinaceum 



Carex stricta 



Osmunda spectabilis {0. regalis) 



Sparganiuni sp. 



Lysiniachia terrestris 



Eriophorum virginicum 



Dryopteris Thelypteris ? 



Panictdaria canadensis 



Pteridium aqidlinum 



Aster sp. 



Eupatoriuni verbenaefolium ? 



Andropogon corymbosus abbrevi- 



atus f 

 Viola primulaefolia 

 Solidago arguta ? 

 Habenaria ciliaris ? 

 Lilium philadelphicum 

 Sphagnum sp. 



(and a few other mosses) 



Chamaecyparis thyoides, which grows in some more or less 

 similar swamps in Nassau County, % and Polygala lutea, which is 



* Bull. Torrey Club ii : 97-101. 1884. 



t Described in Britton's Manual 70. 1901. Formerly referred to the more 

 southern A. glomeratus (Walt.) B.S.P. {A. macrourus Michx.). 

 J See Torreya 7 : 198-200. O 1907. 



