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Aralia spinosa L. Prickly ash. Clarke, Walker, Sumter. 

 CJiimaphila metadata (L.) Pursh. Rat's-bane. Whitfield. 

 Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) T. & G. Gopher-berry. Bulloch. 

 Vacciniwn arboreum Marsh. Sparkleberry. Coffee. 

 Vaccinium staniineum L. Gooseberry. Sumter. 

 Galax aphylla L. Colt-foot. Whitfield. 

 Asclepias humistrata Walt. Wild cotton. Bulloch. 

 Tecoma radicans (L.) DC. Cow-itch. Sumter. 



Reputed to be poisonous to the touch, probably on account of 

 its similarity in habit to Rhus radicans. 

 Ceplialantlius occidentalis L. Button-willow. Sumter. 

 Diodia teres Walt. Poverty-weed. Sumter. Poor-land weed. 



Coffee. Poor Joe. Spalding. 

 Pinckneya pubens Mx. Maiden's blushes. Bulloch. 



Doubtless so called on account of the color of its enlarged 

 calyx-segments. 

 Eupatorium compositifolium Walt. Dog-fennel. Bulloch. 



This and Anthemis Cotida, the dog-fennel of north Georgia, 

 are not usually found in the same vicinity, hence there is little if 

 any confusion of names. 



Trilisa odoratissima (Walt.) Cass. Deer-tongue. Sumter, etc. 

 Ptevocaulon undulatum (Walt.) Mohr. Black-root. Coffee. 



The roots are said to possess valuable medicinal properties. 

 Gnaphaliwn obtusifoliiun L. Rabbit-tobacco. Whitfield, etc. 



Known universally by this name in Georgia. The dried leaves 

 are smoked by boys. 



New York City. 



NOTES ON LYCOPODIUM TRISTACHYUM PURSH 

 (L. CHAMAECYPARISSUS A. BR.) 



By B. D. Gilbert 



Having gathered a considerable amount of this lycopod the 

 past summer (1901), at the station near Alder Creek, N. Y., I 

 noticed some features which may be of interest to collectors. The 

 neighborhood of Alder Creek is a vast bed of sand, said to be in 

 some places sixteen feet thick. The hills, as well as the plain, are 



