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Polygonum, (continued.) 
Var. 2. emersum, Michx. P. coccineum, Willd. Margin of 
ponds and rivers . August-September . 
Var. 3 . strigosum. Head of Seneca lake . Dr. Gray . 
Var. 4 . acuminatum. Cayuga lake . Dr. Aikin . 
pennsylvanicum, L. Borders of fields, wet thickets, &c . July- 
August . 
^ orientale, L. Prince's Feather . Cultivated grounds . July- 
September . 
sagittatum, L. Wet thickets . August . 
arifolium, L. Wet thickets and river banks . August . 
scandens, L. Climbing Buckivheat . Shady thickets, &c . Aug. 
§ convolvulus, L. Black Bindweed . Cultivated grounds . July. 
§ fagopyrum, L . Buckwheat . Fields . Scarcely naturalized . 
September . 
cilinode, Michx. Rocky thickets, northern counties . July. 
RuMEx, L. Dock. 
^ crispus, J>. Curled Dock. Fields. June-July, 
§ obtusifolius, L. Fields and borders of vs^oods . June- July . 
verticillatus, L. Sv^^amps. June-July. 
britannica, L. Yellow-rooted Water Dock . Swamps . June- 
July. 
^ acetosella, L. Sheep Sorrel. Fields and road sides. May- 
July. 
Order LAURACE^E. The Cinnamon Tribe. 
Laurus, L. 
benzoin, L. Wild Allspice, Fever Bush, Benjamin Tree. 
Swamps . April . 
sassafras, L. Common Sassafras. Woods. April. 
Order ELEAGNACEiE. The Oleaster Tribe. 
Shepherdia, Nutt. 
canadensis, Nutt. Rocky banks of streams and lakes, northern 
and western counties . May . 
