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The white water lily or sweet scented water lily, Castalia odorata 

 (Dryand) W. & W. occurs in many of the lakes of the Adirondack region, 

 but I have not seen it in North Elba. 



Brasenia purpurea (Ms.) Casp. 



B. peltata Pursh 



Water shield. Water target 



In shallow water. Lake Placid and Connery pond. The peltate 

 leaves afford an available mark of distinction between this and other 

 aquatic plants of this region. The jelly-like coating of the submerged 

 parts of the plant is also a peculiar feature. It is sometimes supposed 

 to lie a small purple flowered water lily. 



SARRACENIACEAE 

 Sarracenia purpurea L. 



Pitcher plant. Hunter's cup. Side saddle flower 



Swamps and peat bogs. Raybrook, Averyville swamp and Little 

 Cherrypatch pond. This singular plant is not abundant in any of these 

 localities. The peat bogs, in which it delights, are gradually becoming 

 more firm and more fully occupied by small shrubs and evergreen trees 

 and the pitcher plant is slowly yielding to these unfavorable conditions 

 and becoming more scarce than formerly. The hollow inflated petioles 

 are generally partly filled with water in which drowned insects are often 

 found. 



FUMARIACEAE 



Bicuculla Cucullaria (L.) Millsp. 



Dicentra Cucullaria DC. 



Dutchman's breeches. Soldier's cap 



Rich soil in woods. Rare. Adirondack lodge road. May. The 

 leaves of this and the following species are finely divided, of a glaucous 

 hue, very glabrous and beautiful, but they soon wither and disappear. 



Bicuculla Canadensis {Goldie) Millsp. 

 Dicentra Canadensis DC. 

 Squirrel corn 



Growing with the preceding species and closely resembling it, but the 

 two flower spurs are much shorter and more blunt. Its yellow grain- 

 like tubers are suggestive of the common name. 



