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Chiocea Raceraosa. l,inn. (snowberry.) A shrub bearing 

 clusters of snow-white berries. Is probably a garden shrub, 

 but has escaped, and may be sparingly found at Walsingham. 



Palecourea Pavetta; S. W., Psychotria pavetta. One speci- 

 men exists in the garden at Bishop's Lodge, Hamilton. 



Psychotria Undata. Jacq. A shrub with glossy, dark, wavy, 

 green leaves, tapering at the base. Is said by L,efroy to be 

 found at Walsingham. Flowers inconspicuous in April and 

 May. 



Rachicallis Rupestris, D. C. , or muralis. A low spiny shrub, 

 two to three feet high, branches rusty, erect, in opposite pairs. 

 Spines slender, longer than leaves, the latter one-third of an 

 inch in diameter, roundish, pointed. Flowers yellow. Barren 

 hills on the south shore. Rare. September. 



Spermacoce Tremior. Linn. ( button- wood. ) A plant with 

 slender stem, erect, sparingly branched; six to eight inches 

 high. Leaves lanceolate, pointed, entire, hairy, upper ones 

 narrow. Flowers in clusters, pale pink. Reade calls it a 

 " very common wayside weed," while Lefroy confines it to 

 Wal-iingham. It is not unlike one of the American Epilo- 

 biums All seasons. Annual. 



Spermacoce or Borreria Loevis. Griseb. (borera. ) Stem 

 erect, three to six inches. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, pointed, 

 shining. Flowers many-clustered, pink. Wayside weed. 

 Corresponds in other respects with preceding. 



Galium Uniflorum. Mich, (bedstraw. ) A trailing plant, 

 stem half to one foot. Leaves one-third of an inch long, four 

 in a whorl, narrow, oblong, pointed. Flowers on slender- 

 jointed stalks, yellow. Found on barren hills and dry road- 

 sides. June to August. Annual. 



Galium Palustre. Linn, (healsoon. ) Similar in every re- 

 spect to forgoing, except that flowers are white, and it is 

 found onl}' in marshes and marshy ground. 



Galium Arvensis. ( field madder. ) .A prostrate plant, stems 

 one foot long; leaves half-an-inch long, four to six in a whorl, 

 oblong, pointed. Flowers pink, small. Annual. Found only 

 at Salt Kettle. Properly a garden plant. May. 



