PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 83 



Hypericum mutilum L. 



Dwarf St Johnswort 



Along streams and shores and in wet places. Common. July. The 

 species is easily recognized by the small size of the plants, the wide 

 spreading branches, small flowers and broad ovate leaves. The Canada 

 St Johnswort, Hypei'iciim Canadense L., is common in many parts of the 

 Adirondacks and has been collected near Wilmington notch and may 

 yet be found in North Elba. 



Triadenum Virginicum (Z.) Raf. 

 Elodes campanulata Pursh 

 Marsh St Johnswort 

 BogSj shores and marshes. Rare. South end of Lake Placid. July. 



MALVACEAE 

 Malva moschata L. 



Musk mallows 



Waste places about houses or where houses once stood. Raybrook 

 and Allen farm. August. An introduced plant cultivated in flower 

 gardens but often escaping and growing wild. 



TILIACEAE 

 Tilia Americana L. 



Basswood. American linden. Whitewood 



Newman farm is the only known station for it in the town. This farm 

 is said to contain the highest cultivated land in the state. It is some- 

 what remarkable that a tree not noted for growing in elevated locaHties 

 should be found only on the highest land of one of the most elevated 

 farms in the town. 



GERANIACEAE 



Impatiens biflora Walt. 



I. fulva Nutt. 



Spotted touch-me-not. Silver leaf. 



Wet places. Very common. July to September. The pale touch- 

 me-not, /. aurea Muhl., occurs in many parts of the Adirondack region 

 but has not yet been found in North Elba. 



