16 METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 
easily killed back by fire, but sprouts from the old stumps and 
from the roots :—M, common; low grounds, borders of woods, 
and meadows. 
I. levigata, Gray. Smoora WINTERBERRY. 
Wet ground. S*, rare; border of Turtle Pond. 
I. glabra, Gray. Inxperry. 
Sandy wet ground. £*, occasional; Cedar Swamp; by 
Monatiquot Stream. 
NEMOPANTHES, Raf. Movnrarn Hotty. 
N. fascicularis, Raf. ' 
Swamps and damp woods. £*, occasional; Cedar Swamp; 
Hemlock Bound, etc. : — M, occasional in wet places: —S*, 
occasional; Happy Valley; by Turtle Pond, etc. 
CELASTRACE-. STAFF-TREE FAMILY. 
CELASTRUS, L. Srarr-TReEE. SHRUBBY BITTER-SWEET. 
C. scandens, L. Wax-work. C.LimpinG BITTER-SWEET. 
Dry rocky slopes and open woods. #*, occasional; Han- 
cock valley ; Chickatawbut Hill, etc. : — MV, frequent; slope of 
Bear Hill; woods by N. Reservoir, etc. :— S*, woods, W. of 
Turtle Pond : — B B*, occurs. 
RHAMNACEAZE.  Bucxruorn Famity. 
RHAMNUS, Tourn. BuckKTHORN. 
R. catHartTica, L. Common BUCKTHORN. 
Cult. from Eu. for hedges, and nat. B*, M and S, not 
generally distributed, but found in many places; pastures, 
hillsides, etc: — 6 6*, frequent. 
CEANOTHUS, L. New Jersey Tea. 
C. Americanus, L. 
Dry open woods. B*, common in shade on dry slopes and 
often in open fields : — M@*, common in open places in woods: 
— §*, near Turtle Pond. 
