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Diervilla triflda, Mxnch. (Bush-Honeysuckle.) 

 Common. Banks and roadsides. A variety grows in Essex with 

 smoother leaves and vpith but one flower in each axil. 



Triosteum perfoliatum, L. (Tiuostbum.) 

 Lynn (Tracy) ; Ipswich (Oakes) ; Boxford, Haverhill, etc. Not 

 very common. 



Sambueus Canadensis, L. (Common Elder.) 



Frequent by roadsides In damp places. 

 Sambueus pubens, Michx. (Red-berried Elder.) 



Towns on the Merrimac; Rockport; Essex; " Salem, 1840 " (memo. 



Rev. J. L. Russell). In many places but not so abundant as the 



last. 



Viburnum Lentago, i. (Sheep-berry.) 



Very common. 

 Viburnum nudum, L. (Withe-rod.) 



Danvers (S. P. Fowler) ; Essex, Haverhill, Amesbury, etc. Not so 



common as the last. 

 Viburnum dentatum, L. (Arrow-wood.) 



Frequent by roadsides. 

 Viburnum aeerifolium. (Dockmackib.) 



Often met with in the older woods. 

 Viburnum Opulus, (Cranberry Tree.) 



Wenham swamp, 1877 (J. H. Sears) ; Orne's Point, Salem, 1878 (J. 



R., perhaps introduced). The Wenham swamp locality is without 



doubt a natural one. Frequent in cultivation. 

 Viburnum lantanoides, Michx. (Hobblb-bush.) 



Skirting old woods. In many towns, yet not very common. 



EUBIACEiE. 



(Madder Family.) 



Galium asprellum, Michx. (Rough Bedstraw.) 



Common in swampy places climbing over bushes. 

 Galium trifldum, L., var. tinetorium. (Small Bedstraw.) 



Common in swamps. 

 Var. ?, a, very pretty plant with many flowers. Danvers, 1878 



(J. H. Sears). 

 Galium triflorum, Michx. (Sweet-scented Bedstraw.) 



"Frequent among ferns," Lynn (Tracy); Essex County, 1824 (Dr. 



Chas. Pickering). In many other places, but not so abundant as the 



last. 



