44 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Oct. 8 



MENISPERMACE/E. 



17 MENISPERMUM L. 



37. M. Canadense L. Moonseed. 



Woods, thickets, rocky river banks ; frequent. 



BERBERIDACE.E. 



iS. BERBER IS L. 



38. B. vulgaris L. Common Barberry. 



Scarce. Naturalized along the banks of Genesee river and elsewhere. 



19. CAULOPHYLLUM Michx. 



39. G thalictroides Michx. [C. thalictroides (L.) Michx.] Pappoose-root 



Blue Cohosh. 

 Woods and ravines, in rich soil ; frequent. 



20. JEFFERSONIA Barton. 



40. J. diphylla Pers. \J. diphylla (L.) Pers.J Twin-leaf. 



Rich soil along streams and in woods ; rare. Brighton Dr Booth ' 

 Pittsford, Rev. J. Walton. Near Brockport, Prof. Lennon. Clarendon 

 Orleans county, M. S. Baxter. Wayne county, E. L. Hankenson. 



21. PODOPHYLLUM L. 



41. P. peltatum L. May-apple. Mandrake. 



Rich woods, meadows, along streams ; common. 



nymph^ace^:. 



22. BRASEXIA Schreber. 



42. B. peltata Pursh. \B. purpurea (Michx.) Casp.] Water-shield. 



Ponds ; rare. Bushnell's Basm, M. S. Baxter. Wayne county. 



43- NELUMBO Tourn. [Adans.] 



13- N. lutea Pers. [N. lutea (Willd.) Pers.] Yellow Nelumbo, or Water 

 Chinquapin. 

 Rare. Near the head of Big Sodus bay, Wayne county. 



24. NYMPII.EA Tourn. [Castalia Salisb.] 



44- N. odorata Ait. {Castalia odorata (Dryand.) Woodv. & Wood, inch var. 

 minor Sims.] Sweet-scented Water-lily. 



Ponds; rare. Mendon ponds. Bushnell's Basin, M. S. Baxter. Wayne 

 county, E. L. Hankenson. 

 i^. N. odorata Ait. var minor Sims. 



Same stations as the preceding, in shallower water or mud along the 

 margins of the ponds. 



46. N. reniformis DC. (N. tuberosa Paine.) {Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene.l 



Tuber-bearing Water-lily. 



Abundant in all our bays and ponds connecting with lake Ontario, 

 and in the marshes at the mouth of Genesee river. 



25. NUPHAR Smith. [Nymih.ka L.] 



17- N. advena Ait. f. \Nymphcea advena Soland.] Yellow Pond-lily. 

 Ponds, slow-flowing streams, ditches; common. 



