Il6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



GENTIANACEAE 



Gentiana linearis Ft-oel. 



Narrow leaved gentian 



Moist or wet places, swamps and mountain tops. Common. August. 

 Found in nearly all parts of the Adirondacks and the only representative 

 of the genus in North Elba. 



HYDROPHYLLACEAE 

 Hydrophyllum Virginicum L. 



Virginia waterleaf 

 Woods. Rare. Old Keene road. June. ^ 



CONVOLVULACEAE 

 Convolvulus sepium L. 



Hedge bindweed 



Fields and fence rows. Rare. Lake Placid and John Brown farm. 

 August. This is sometimes a troublesome weed. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Chelone glabra L. 



Snake head. Shellflower 

 Wet places and along streams. Common. August. 



Verbascum Thapsus Z. 



Mullein 

 A common w^eed in pastures and by roadsides. Introduced. August. 



Veronica Americana Schw. 

 American brooklime 

 Banks of the Ausable south of Brewster's mill. June. 



Veronica arvensis L. 



Corn speedwell 

 An introduced weed in cultivated ground. Lake Placid. 



