HITCHCOCK PLANTS OF AMES, IOWA. 497 



Sanicula Canadensis, L. Spec— S. Marylandica, L., var. Cana- 

 densis, Torr. Fl. U. S. 



Lowland woods ; frequent. 



Var. Marylandica, (L.)— 8. Marylandica. L. Spec. 

 Lowland woods ; common. 



ARALIACEjE. 



Aralia bacemosa, L. Spec. 



Rich woods ; not uncommon. 

 A. NUDICAULTS, L. Spec. 



Woods along clay bluffs ; infrequent. 



A. quinquefolia, (L.) Decaisne & PlaDch. Rev. Hort. 1854.— Panax 



qui nque folia, L. Spec. 



One specimen among my plants collected at Ames, but locality not noted. 



CORNACBJE. 



Cornus circinata. L'Her. Cornus. 1788. 

 Rich woods ; rare. 



Clear creek one mile west of College, and elsewhere. 



C. sericea, L. Mant. p. 199. 



Moist woods: abundant. 

 C. ASPERIFOLIA, MicllX. Fl. 



Lowland woods ; abundant. 

 C. candidissima. Marsh. Arbust. — C. paniculata, L'Her. Cor- 

 nus, 178S. 



Woods ; abundant. 



C. ALTERNIFOLIA, L. f. SUppl. 1781. 



Rockv woods; rare. 



CAPRIFOLIA CEjE. 



Sambucus Canadensis, L. Spec. 



Lowland woods ; abundant. 

 VlBUBNUM PUBESCENS, Plirsh, Fl. 

 Rocky woods ; not uncommon. 



Fruit ovoid, dark purple, 3 to 4 lines long;. ripe in July. 



V. Lentago, L. Spec. 



Rocky woods ; not uncommon. 



A small tree. Fruit black, 4 to 6 lines long, with very flat stone; ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



Tbiosteum pebfoliatum, L. Spec. 



Upland woods; abundant. 

 By m phoricarpus vulgaris, Michx. Fl. 



"Ames." One specimen in I. A.C. herbarium. 



B. occidentalis, Hook. Fl. i. 



Woods: rare. 



"A y; Anderson. Both specimens in I. A. C herbarium. Occur:- 



frequ< ell Junction, Des Moines river at Boone, and around Dts Moines. 



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