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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Mitchella repens L. 



Partridge berry 



Dry ground. Rare. Near Mountain View house. July. The flowers 

 of this creeping evergreen vine are produced in pairs, the ovaries of 

 which are united and form a single red berry, which is edible. 



Galium boreale L. 



Northern bedstraw 

 Fields and waste places. Rare. Allen farm. July. 



Galium trifidum L. 



Small bedstraw 



Swamps and low wet ground. Common. July and August. The 

 specific name is suggested by the flowers which are three parted. 



Galium asprellum Mx. 



Rough bedstraw 

 Wet places and banks of streams. Common. August. 



Galium triflorum Mx. 



Sweet scented bedstraw 



Woods and open places. Common. July. The northern wild 

 liquorice, Galium Kamischaticutn Stellar, is reported to have been found 

 in Indian pass many years ago, but as J failed to find it in my recent 

 exploration of that locality it is omitted. It occurs along the trail to 

 Mt Marcy one or two miles beyond the town line. 



COMPOSITEA 

 Eupatorium purpureum L 



Trumpet weed. Joe Pye weed 



Wet or dry ground, roadsides and along streams. Common. July 

 and August. 



Eupatorium ageratoides L. 



White snakeroot 

 Woods or moist shaded places. Rare. Indian pass. August. ■ 



