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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



LECHEA, L. ' 



MAJOR, Michaux. 



Leckeas. 

 Greater Leckea. 



Sterile soil. Pine plains, Schenectady, Pcarsort. Yates county; Avon, Sart- 

 well in herb. Ham. Coll. Rare, July. 



MINOR, Lamarck. 



Dry fields and pastures. 



DROSERACEJE. 



Pi7iweed. Lesser Lechea. 

 Common. June - August. 



Sundews, 



DROSERA, L. Sundews. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. Round-leaved Sundew. 



Around springs, wet bogs, sphagnum swamps. Frequent. July, August. 



LONGTPOLIA, L. Spatulate-leaved Sundew. 



Sphagnous bogs. Borders of cold ponds near the chain of Eight lakes, north 

 Herkimer county; doubtless abundant throughout the north woods. Near 

 Dexter, Jefferson county, Vasey. Cedar swamp, Gorham, Sartwell. 



Rare. June, July. 



PARNASSIACEiE. 

 PARNASSIA, Tourn. 



CAROLINIANA, Mickx. 



Parnassias. 



Grass of Parnassus. 

 Carolinian Parnassia. 



Springy banks and along streams. In the spray from the High falls, Trenton 

 falls; below the falls, near the lower dam, abundant. Wet cliffs on the east 

 branch of Fish creek, at Fall brook, abundant there; along the banks of the 

 creek below Taberg station. Infrequent. August, September. 



HYPERICACE^. 



St.John''s-worts. 



HYPERICUM, L. Hyperica. 



PYRAMiDATUM, Aiton. Pyramidal-Jiowered Hypericum. 



River bottoms. Frequent in the valley of the Mohawk. Schenectady, Pear- 

 son. Littlefalls, Vasey. Two miles above Utica, on the north bank of the 

 river. Near Flint-hill, between the canal and the Mohawk; along Fish creek 



near Taberg, Knieskern. 



PERFORATUM, L. 



Roadsides, fields, pastures. 



CORTMBOSUM, Muhl. 



Borders of woods, swamps. 



ELLIPTICUM, Hooker. 



Rare. July, August. 



Perforated Hypericum. 

 Everywhere common. June - September. 



Corymbed Hypericum. 

 Frequent. June - August. 



Ellipti(ial-leaved Hypericum. 



Low grounds, wet shady banks of streams and lakes in the northern part of 

 Herkimer county. Infrequent. July, August. 



MUTILUM, L. Diminutive-flowered Hypericum. 



Wet ground. Common. July - September. 



CANADENSE, L. Canadian Hypericum. 



Along streams, swamps. Trenton falls. North woods. 



Uncommon. June - September. 



ELODEA, Pursh. 



VIRGINICA, Nuttall. 



Along brooks, swamps, sphagnum. 



Marsh St.John's-woi't. 

 Purple Elodea. 

 Common. July - September. 



