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POLEMOXIACEiE. Pohmonia. 



POLEMONIUM, Tournefort. Greek Valerian. 



c^eruleuji, L. Blue-flowered Polemonium. 



Borders of a marsh three miles east of Charlottesville, Schoharie county, 

 New-York, E. C.Howe, Gray addend, bot. Delaware county, on the hills of 

 Delhi, half a mile above the Salt-works; growing in great clusters along the 

 marshy borders of a rivulet emptying into Elk creek, discovered by B. D. 

 Gilbert. Rare. June, July. 



PHLOX, L. Phloxes. 



paniculata, L. Pa?iicled Phlox. 



Cleared woodlands. Richfield, Otsego county, G. W. Clinton. Rare. July. 



mactjlata, L. Spotted-stemmed Phlox. 



Escapes from cultivation. Roadsides in South-Trenton. June. 



DIVARICATA, L. Divaricate-floiaering Phlox. 



Ravines and shady banks; often covering the ground in groves. Common 

 throughout the Mohawk valley, and for greater or less distances up its creeks 

 and tributaries; far up the Starch-factory creek; Deerfield creek; Sauquoit 

 creek, above New-Hartford; Oriskany valley to Clinton : thus appearing as 

 if brought from the "West somehow, long ago. 



The Mowers present all colors from white through many shades of pink and 

 lilac, to deep blue. Petals entire frequently. The leaves also vary from long 

 ovate to narrow lanceolate. May, June. 



stjbulata, L. Moss-pink. Awl-like-leaved Phlox. 



Rocky banks. Along the Genesee river below Rochester, east side, C. M. 

 Booth; west side, G. T. Fish. Rare. May. 



COXVOLVULACEJE. Bindweeds. 



CALYSTEGIA, E. Brown. Bracted Bindweeds. 



sepium, R. Br. Hedge Calystegia. 



Banks of the Mohawk. Common. July, August. 



var. repens, Gray. Creeping Calystegia. 



Dry hillsides. Embankments of the Central railroad. Slaton's bush, toward 

 Graefenberg hill. Frequent. June, July. 



spitham^ea, Pursh. Span Calystegia. 



Sandy copses. Schenectady, Pearson. Pine plains of Rome, Knieskern. 

 Banks of Genesee river, L. Holzer Rare. June. 



CUSCUTA, Tournefort. Dodders. 



EPILINUM, Weihe. Flax Cuscuta. 



Parasitic chiefly on flax. Schenectady, Beck bot. June, July. 



gronovii, Willd. Dedicated to Gronovius. 



Thickets, swampy woods. Common. July - October. 



SOLANACE^E. Mghtshades. 



SOLANUM, L. Solana. 



DULCAMARA, L. Bittersweet Solanum. 



Along streams; uncultivated cleared lands; under stone walls. 



Common. June - August. 



