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JUGLANDACEJ3E. 
JUGLANS, L. 
901. J. cinerea, L. Butternut. Oil-nut. 
Wilmette. Niles. Woods north of Riverside, Babcock! Rare and 
local. May. 
902. J. nigra, £j. Black Walnut. 
Rich woods northward; infrequent. May — June 10th. 
HICORIA, Raf. (Carya, Nutt.) 
903. H. ovata, Britt. Shell or Shag-bark Hickory. 
Carya alba, Nutt. 
Woods and fields, mainly in the northern and western portions of 
Cook County; frequent. May. (B.) 
904. H. glabra, Britt. Pig-nut. Broom Hickory. 
Carya porcina, Nutt. 
Winnetka, north and west; frequent. May. (B.) 
905. H. minima, Britt. Bitter-nut. Swamp Hickory. 
Carya amara, Nutt. 
Moist or swampy open woods ; infrequent. May. (B.) 
Evanston and northward in ravines. Niles woods. 
MYRXCACEiE. 
MYRICA, L. 
906. M. cerifera, L. Wax-Myrtle. 
A single specimen of this shrub, on the lake shore near Cheltenham 
Beach, was noted in 1884-’85. In 1886 it had disappeared, 
probably destroyed by workmen. It was, so far as known, the 
only representative of the species within our limits. 
This species is seldom found as far west as Ohio. In Michigan, two 
specimens have been reported from the shore of Lake Erie. (B. P.) 
907. M. asplenifolia, Endl. Sweet Fern. 
Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait. 
Common in the sandy soil of the southeastern portion of our district ; 
less frequent northward. April — May. 
CUPULIFER^E. 
BETULA, Tourn. 
908. B. populifolia, Ait. American White Birch. 
B. alba, var. populifolia, Spath. 
Near the lake shore, both north and south ; rare. 
Glencoe and Pine Station, Ind., Babcock! (P.) 
