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REPORT OF THE 



MYRICACE/E. 



Bayberry, 

 Wax-Myrtle. 



Sweet fern. 



Myrica cerifera, L. 



S. Mich. (Univ. Herb.) 



Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait. 



Alpena; Traverse City; Ottawa Co. ; Oakland Co., (Miss Clark} : S. Mich. 

 ( Wright). 



BETULACE-^!. 



Paper Birch, 

 Canoe Birch. 



Yellow Birch. 



Cherry Birch, 

 Sweet or Black 

 Birch. 



Low Birch. 



Speckled or 

 Hoary Alder. 



Smooth Alder. 



fBetula papyracea, Ait. 



Gravelly Pt. , L. Huron; False Presqu' Isle, L. Huron; Drummond'Bl.j 

 Sugar I. ; Emmet Co. This is a very common tree throughout the 

 lake shores, growing in the most unfavorable situations, but seldom 

 forming a large trunk. It is apt to spring up as second growth 

 where the forest has been destroyed by fire. There is a variety (?) 

 known as " red birch" by the Indians and Half-Breeds, with pale 

 reddish bark much more brittle than the ordinary. 



Betula excelsa, Ait. 



Ann Arbor; Pt. aux Barques, L. Huron; Pt. au Chene, L. Mich.; Emmet 

 Co.; Drummond'sl. Less common that the preceding, but often 

 grows to a large tree. One specimen in Antrim Co. had a circum- 

 ference of 11 ft. 4 in., four feet above the ground. 



Betula lenta, L. 



Drummond's I. , only seen at this place, but attains a monstrous size, 

 one specimen measuring 10 feet in circumference. This is a valu- 

 able tree, and it is unfortunate that so little is found in the State. 



L. (B. glandulosa — W.) 



Betula pnmila, 



S. E. (Wright). 



Alnus incana, Willd. 



Shores of L. Huron; Drummond's I., common; Saut St. Marie, and 

 along the banks of St. Mary's river, abundant. 



Alnus serrulata, Ait. 



Traverse City; S. Mich. (Wright). 



SALICACE.E. 



Hoary Willow. 



Low Bush Wil- 

 low. 



Glaucous Willow. 



Silky-headed 

 Willow. 



Silky-leaved 

 Willow. 



Salix caudida, Willd. 



Ann Arbor; Drummond's I.; north shore of Little L. George, very 

 abundant, growing ia the shallow margin of the lake. 



Salix bumilis, Marshall. 



Drummond's I. 



Salix discolor, Muhl. 



Ann Arbor; Drummond'sl.; Pine Lake, Emmet Co., abundant along the 

 margin of the lake, occasionally reaching the size of a small tree. 

 One tree measured 6}£ inches in diameter a foot from the surface. 



Salix eriocephala, Michx. 



Ann Arbor; Drummond's I. 



Salix sericea, Marshall. 



Ann Arbor? Drummond's I. 



Petioicd Willow. s a ii x petiolaris, Smith. 



Saut St. Marie; S. E. (Univ. H;rb). 



