84 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEJE. 



Asarum, Tourn ......... WILD GINGER. 



A. Canadense, L. Wild Ginger. Camden Co., C. F. Parker ; Free- 

 hold, O. R. Willis; Plainfield, Frank Tweedy; and common in the 

 northern counties. 



Aristolochia, Tourn ........ BIRTHWORT. 



A. Serpentaria, L. Virginia Snakeroot. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. 

 Austin; Weehawken and Long Hill, W. H. Leggett; Highlstown, 0. 

 R. Willis; Milburn, Essex Co., X. L. Britton ; Keyport and Holmdel, 

 Monmouth Co., R. W. Brown. 



SAURURACE^E. 



Saururus, L ........... LIZARD'S-TAIL. 



S. cernuus, L. Nodding Lizard's-tail. Swamps. Rather common 

 throughout. 



Sassafras, Nees ........... SASSAFRAS. 



S. officinale, Nees. Common Sassafras. Woods and copses. Com- 

 mon throughout. 



Lindera, Thunb ......... WILD ALLSPICE. 



L. Benzoin, Meisn. Spice-bush. Low woods. Quite common 

 throughout. 



THYMELEACE^l. 



Dirca, L ............ LEATHERWOOD. 



D. palustris, L. Moosewood. Rare. Shady woods, New Jersey, 

 Torrey Catalogue ; Closter and Palisades, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin. 



LORANTHACE^E. 



Phoradendron, Nutt ...... FALSE MISTLETOE. 



P. rlavescens, Nutt. American Mistletoe. Sparingly on the Yellow 

 Drift formation, generally parasitic on the Black Gum, but occasion- 

 ally on other deciduous-leaved trees. Never on Conifers. Between 

 Manchester and Lakewood, Ocean Co., Wm. Bower ; Kaighn's Swamp, 

 Camden, I. C. Martindale ; Jackson, Camden Co., C. F. Parker, (on 

 the Red Maple) ; Hightstown, 0. R. Willis ; Medford and New Lisbon, 

 Burlington Co., N. L. Britton. 



