122 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



k OBTUSIFOLIUS,L. Obtuse-leaved Rumex. 



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



• CRISPUS, L. Curled-leaved Eumex. 



Ditches, fields. Common. May - July. 



SANGUINEUS, L. Bloody-veined Rumex. 



Barnyards, pastures. Scarce. June, July. 



ACETOSA, L. Garden-sorrel Rumex. 



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

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



■ ACETOSELLA, L. Sheejysorrel Rumex. 



Barren meadows, pastures. Common. May - July. 



LAURACE^E. Laurels. 



SASSAFRAS, Nees von Esenbeck. Sassafras. 



- officinale, Nees. Officinal Sassafras. 



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

 county. Pine plains of Rome, at the head of Oneida lake. Penn-Yan, Sart- 

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



BENZOIN, Nees von Esenbeck. Spicebush. Feverbush. 



• odoriferum, Nees. Fragrant Benzoin. 



Damp copses, swamps. Common. April. 



THYMELEACE^. Daphnads. 



DIRCA, L. Leather wood. 



• palitstris, L. Marsh Dirca. 



Flats of streams, deep woods. Abundant. April. 



EL^AGNACE^, Oleasters. 



SHEPHERDIA, Nuttall. Shepherdia. 



canadensis, Nutt. Canadian Shepherdia. 



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

 Trenton falls, West-Canada creek, Knieskern. Deerfield creek opposite Utica, 

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

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



Frequent. May. 



SANTALACE^E. Sandalwoods. 



COMANDRA, Nuttall. 



♦ umbellata, Nutt. 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 AVest-Bergen, Genesee county, in open 

 places of dani]> moss or wet marl, in company with Solidago ohiuensis, S. 

 houghtonii, and among the running stems of Juniperus sabiaa, having large 

 ovate obtuse 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. 



