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Cryptotaenia Canadensis, DC. (Honeywort.) 

 Ipswich (Oakes) ; Boxford ; Andover. Frequent in hilly copses. 



Osmorrhiza longistylis, DO. (Smoother Swket Cicely.) 



"Paradise," Salem, 1824 (Dr. Chas. Pickering); Andover (Rev. H. 

 P.Nichols); Swampscott (J. R.). Occasional. 



Osmorrhiza brevistylis, DO. (Hairy Sweet Cicely.) 

 Hamilton, Swampscott, Haverhill, Georgetown, etc. Neither spe- 

 cies is very common. 



Conium maoulatum, L. (Poison Hemlock.) 

 Waste places. Common. Mr. G. D. Phippen mentions that prior 

 to 1840 the present site of Lynde Block, Salem, was covered with 

 this plant. In 1864, the whole area was burnt over, but in 1878 after 

 the soil in the yard of the Museum building now adjoining, and then 

 a portion of that lot, had been upturned, the Conium again appeared. 

 (Nat. from Eu.) 



AEALIACE.ffil. 



(Ginseng Family.) 



Aralia racemosa, L. (Spikenard.) 



Haverhill (Mrs. Downs) ; North Andover (Rev. J. L. Russell) ; 



"Dungeon Rock, Lynn" (Tracy); Chebacco, Essex woods, Brad- 

 ford (J. R.). Rather scarce. 

 Aralia hispida, Vent. (Bristly Sarsaparilla.) 



Cleared rocky places. Common. 

 Aralia nudicaulis, L. (Wild Sarsaparilla.) 



Dry woods. Common. 

 Aralia trifolia, Gray. (Dwarf Ginseng.) 



Common in the older woods. Formerly at Orne's Point, Salem (Dr. 



Chas. Pickering). 



Hedera Helix, the European Ivy, is not suflSciently hardy to become 

 spontaneous, although frequently planted out as a climber. Only 

 noticed in flower when unprotected in Salem (Dr. Fiske), Sept., 

 1880. 



COKNACE.a!. 



(Dogwood Family.) 



Cornus Canadensis, L. (Dwarf Cornel ; Bunch-berry.) 

 Common in damp woods. 



