REPORT OP THE STATE BOTANIST 1902 105 



H AMAMELID A CE AE 



Hamamelis virginiana L. 



Witch hazel 



A common shrub in woods and thickets and along fence rows. 



Autumn. 



PLATANACEAE 



Plat anus occidentalis L. 



Buttonwood. Sycamore 

 Along the river and streams. Common. May. 



ROSACEAE 



Opulaster opulifolius (L.) Kuntze 



Physocarpus opulifolius Maxim 



Ninehark 



River banks. Common. June. 



Spiraea salicifolia L. 

 Meadowsweet 

 Swamps and moist ground. Common. July. 



Spiraea tomentosa L. 



Hardhack. Steeple hush 

 Swamp east of Campville. Rare. August. 



* Porteranthus trif oliatus (L.) Rritton 

 Gillenia trifoliata Moench 

 Indian physic. Bowman's root 

 Open upland woods. Frequent. June-July. 



Rubus odoratus L. 



Fur pie- flowering raspherry 

 Rocky woods and ravines. Frequent. 



Rubus strigosus Michx. 

 Wild red raspberry 

 Neglected fields and along roadsides and fences. Common. 

 June. It frequently flowers and fruits in late summer and 

 autumn. i^^-^^^ neglectus Pk. 



Purple wild raspherry 

 In the same localities as the last, but infrequent. June. It 

 has dark red or purple fruit, long recurved stems and much re- 

 sembles R. o c c i d e n t a 1 i s. 



