70 PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY 



OBTUSIFOLIUS, L. Obtuse-leaved Buviex. 



Farmyards, fences, borders of woods. Common. June, July. 



CRISPUS, L. Curled-leaved Eumex. 



Ditches, fields. Common. May - July. 



SJNGUINEUS,!.. Bloody-veined Rumex. 



Barnyards, pastures. Scarce. June, July. 



ACETOsy L. Garden-norrel Rumex. 



Cultivated grounds. About gardens on Paris hill. Penn-Tan, introduced, 



SartweU in herb. Ham. Coll. Infrequent. June, July. 



ACETOSELLA. L. Sheep-siorrel Rumex. 



Barron meadows, pastures. Common. May - July. 



LAUEACE..E. Laurels. 



SASSAFRAS, iVees von Eaenheck. Sassafras. 



OFFICINALE, Neeff. Officinal Sassafras. 



Sandy open woods. Abundant in the woods and copses of Schenectady 



county. Pine plains of Kome, at the head of Oneida lake. Ponn-Yan, Snrt- 



well in herb. Ham. Coll. Frequent. April, May. 



B'E'SZOl'N, Neesvon Esenbeck. Spicebush. Feverbush. 



ODORIFERUM, iVee.s. Fragrant Benzoin. 



Damp copses, swamps. Common. April. 



THYMELEACE^. Daphnads. 



DIRCA, L. Leatherwood. 



PALTJSTKis, L. Marsh Dirca. 



Flats of streams, deep woods. Abundant. April. 



EL^EAGNACE^. Oleasters. 



SHEPHERDIA, Nutlall. Shepherdia. 



CANADENSIS, Nult. Canadian Shepherdia. 



Ravine-sides, rocky banks of streams. Fairfield. Herkimer connty. Gray. 

 Trenton falls, AA^est-Canada creek, Knieskern. Deerficid creek opposite Utica, 

 high on the slaty sides of the gulf, from its entrance far up the headwaters 

 of tlie stream. East banks of Onondaga lake. Rocky sides of Black river. 



Frequent. May. 



SANTALACE^E. Sandalwoods. 



COMANDRA, Nuttall. 



UMBELLATA, Nidt. Umbellate Comandra. 



Dry rocky banks; open sandy woods and their borders. Throughout the 

 valley of the Mohawk, from Schenectady to Oneida lake. Frequent. 



A form occurs in the swamp of West-Bergen, Genesee county, in open 

 places of damp moss or wet marl, in company with Solidngo ohiuensis, S. 

 houghionii, and among the running stems of Juniperiis sahinii, having barge 

 ovate obUise glaucous leaves, often nearly two inches long by over half an 

 inch wide; bearing flowers and fruit on short pedicels, in a leafy terminal 

 simple raceme; berries large, fleshy, yellow or red, instead of the dry hard 

 black nutlets of the common plant. 



It was first thought to be C. livida, but is still undetermined. June. 



