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PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY 



OBTUSIFOLIUS, L. 



Farmyards, fences, borders of woods. 



CMS PUS, L. 



Ditches, fields. 



Sj&NGUINEUS, l. 

 Barnyards, pastures. 



Obtuse-leaved Rumex. 

 Common. June, July. 



Curled-leaved Rumex. 



Common. May - July. 



Bloody~veined Rumex. 



Scarce. June, July. 



Garden-sorrel Rumex. 



ACETOSA, l. 



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

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



ACETOSELLA. L. 



Barren meadows, pastures. 



LAURACE.E. 



Sheep-sorrel Rumex. 



Common. May - July. 

 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, Sort' 

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



BENZOIN, Nees von Esenbeck. 

 odoriferum, Nees. 

 Damp copses, swamps. 



THYMELEACE^E. 

 DIRCA, L. 



PALUSTRIS, L. 



Flats of streams, deep woods. 



Sp iceb ush . Fe verb 1 1 sh ■ 

 Fragrant Benzoin. 



Common. April. 



Daphnads. 



Leather icood. 

 Marsh Dirca. 

 Abundant. April. 



EL.EAGNACEJ5. 



SHEPHERDIA, Nuttall. 



Oleasters. 



Shepherdia. 



canadensis, Null. Canadian Shepherdia. 



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

 Trenton falls, West-Canada creek, Knieshern. 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, Nult. 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 West-Bergen, Genesee county, in open 

 places of damp moss or wet marl, in company with Solidngo ohioensi.*, S. 

 houghtonii, and among the running stems of Juniperus sabinu, having largo 

 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 bard 

 black nutlets of the common plant. 

 It was first thought to be C. livida, but is still undotermiucd. June. 



