REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1903 59 
Betula lenta L. 
Black birch 
Rich woodland. Common. April, May. 
Betula lutea Mx. 
Yellow birch 
Rich moist woodland. Common. April, May. 
Alnus incana (L.) Willd. 
Tag alder 
Borders of streams and swamps. Common. February—April. 
Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) K. Koch 
A.serrulata Willd. 
Smooth alder 
Mutton hill pond. This is its only station. February—April. 
Fagus americana Sweet 
Fagus ferruginea Ait. 
Beech 
Scattered throughout our territory. May. 
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 
Castanea sativa var. americana Wats. 
Chestnut 
A very common tree. July. 
Syndesmon thalictroides (L.) Hoffmg. 
Anemonella thalictroides Spach 
tue anemone 
Woods and thickets. Common. April-June. 
Rubus occidentalis L. 
Black raspberry 
Fence rows and neglected fields. Common. May, June. 
Rhus copallina L. 
Mountain sumac. Dwarf sumac. Upland sumac 
Dry soil 3 miles south of Owego. Rare. June, July. 
Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby 
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. 
Blue warweed. Tarweed 
Abundant in a neglected field near Nichols. August—October. 
Fine flowering specimens were collected as late as Oct. 24. The 
whole plant is very viscid pubescent. 
