56 THE CAYUGA FLORA. 



543. L. leucophaea, Gray. (Mulgediwm Icucoplncum, DC. Man., p- 

 282.) Blue-lettuce. (H. and C.) 



Low grounds ; common. Aug. -Sept. 

 L. Sativa, L. (the Garden Lettuce) often appears for a season 

 along roadsides near Ithaca. 



215. Sonchus, Tourn. 



544. *S.oleraceus, L- Sow-thistle. (H. and C.) 

 Waste places and roadsides ; abund. Aug. -Sept. 



545. S. asper, Vill. Spring Sow-thistle. (H. and C.) 

 Roadsides and especially frequent on Cayuga L. Aug.-Sept. 



546. S. arvensis, L. Field Sow-thistle. 

 Meadows and shores ; frequent. July, -Sept. 



The Mack Farm, south of Ithaca. Eddy St. Case. St., Ithaca. 

 Myers Pt. Sheldrake. Union Spr. and Cayuga. First reported 

 from N. Y. by Hon. H. B. Lord, " shores of Cayuga Lake,'" in 4th 

 Ed. Gray's Man., (1863). Also from the same station, with "■Roch- 

 ester, G. W. C," and " Staten Ld. T. F. A.;' added, in 18th N. Y. 

 Rep. p. 205, (1S65.) Auburn, L.H.Hall, Paine's Cat. (1864). Though 

 the flowers are handsome and fragrant, the strong perennial root- 

 stock is a pest in cultivated soils. 



LOBELIACEiE. 



216. Lobelia, Linn. 



547. *L. cardinalis, L. Cardinal-flower. (H. and C.) 

 Low meadows and borders of ponds ; frequent. July 20. -Sept. 

 Lake marshes near Inlet and Fall Cr. Case. Cr. upper valley. 



White Church valley and elsewhere. Especially abundant about 

 some of the Cortland Marl Ponds. Summit Marsh, and Cayuga 

 Marshes. 



548. *L. syphilitica, L- GREAT BLUE-LOBELIA. (H. and C.) 

 Wet places ; abundant, Aug. -Sept. 



A form with white flowers near Mud Cr., Freeville, (and near Penn 

 Yan, Sartwell Herb.) 



549. * L. Kalmii, L. 



Wet rocks and cliffs, in ravines ; where it is frequent. July. -Sept. 



Fall Cr. and Case Cr. {Dr. Jordan)\ Six Mile Cr. Buttermilk 

 Cr. Enfield ravine. Taughanuock ravine, Salmon Cr. ravine. A 

 stout strict form, often with bractlets near the base of short pedi- 

 cels, occurs on open marshes and limestone shores, as Larch 

 Meadow, and Farley's Point, (see Paine's Cat. p. 100, for apparent- 

 ly same form.) "Junius" {Sartwell H. and C)\ 



550. *L. inflata, L. Indian Tobacco. (H. and C.) 

 Fields ; common. Jidy Sept. 



CAMPANULACEiE. 

 217. Specularia, Heister, (A. DC.) 



551. S. perfoliata, A. DC. VENUS'S LookinG-GLASS. (H. and C.) 

 Borders of dry fields and rocky banks ; frequent. June. -July. 



