QDC , ' I'ENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. cftENOPCDnJii*, 



lippci' ones almost linear. S/iikea 2 inches long, erect. Flowers^ 



IIah. In waste places, along road sides. Very abundant m the. 

 ' suburbs of New-York. August— October. 



This plant has a strong and rather pleasant scent. 



7. C. Botrys L. .* leaves oblong, sinuate ; racemes naked, 

 much divided. W ill d. Spec. I. p. 259. Pursh FL I. p, 

 19«. Big. Bost.'p.GQ). Elliott Sk, I. ^» 330. Roem. 

 ^ Schult. VI. p. 259. 



Hoot annual. Stem about a foot high, branched, pubescent, and 

 a little viscid. Leaves petiolate, 2 inches long, deeply siuuate, 

 with the segments toothed. Racemes paniculate, very large, 

 branches somewhat secund. Flowers distinct on very short 

 pedicels. Seeds minute, smooth, not shining. 



Hab. In sandy waste places; very common. August — Sep- 

 tember. Sweet scented. Jerusalan Oak, 



8< C. anlhelminlicum L. : perennial ; leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, toothed ; spikes long, interrupted, leafless ; style .3- 

 cleft. M^i 1 1 d. Spec. I. p. 1 304. M i c h. FL I. p. 1 73. 

 P Mr,-? A F/. I. p. 198. Elliott SkA.^.33\. Bart. 

 Veg. Mat. Med. II. t. 44. Wa 1 1, Car. p. 1 1 ; . Roem.i>- 

 Schult. VI. p. 261, 



Stem a foot and a Jialf, or 2 feet high, erect, much branched, 

 often of a reddish colour, sulcate. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 sprinkled with re?inous atoms beneath, toothed, and somewhat 

 sinuate. Racemes long, slender, axillary and terminal. 



Hab. In sandy fields ; rare near New-York. In Pennsylva- 

 nia and New-Jersey. Muhlenberg. Near Philadelphia, 

 Bar t on. September. IVorm-seed. 



A much rarer species than the preceding, with which it is 

 often confounded. The Wortn-seed has a very strong and dis- 

 agreeable smell. It is a celebrated vermifuge^ 



9. C. glaucum L. : leaves oblong, repand, glaucous be- 

 neath ; spikes simple, naked, glomerate, axillary and ter- 

 minal. fVilUh Spec. I. p. 1305. Smith Fl. Brit. I. p. 

 "111. Eng. Bot. t. 1454. MnkL Cat. p. 2G. Roem. 4" 

 Schult. VI. p. 2G2. 



7^00^; annual. Stc?ns diffuse, thick. I^eavcs oblong, and ovate- 

 oblong, rather obtuse, sinuate-repand, nearly uniform, green 

 above, glaucous beneath. Racemes short, glomerate, lobed- 

 leafless. ASeer/* with excavated punctures. Smith.. 

 Hau. In New-York. Mu hlenbe r g. 



I have seen no North-American specimens of this plant. 

 Perhaps, like most of our species of this genus, it is merely 

 naturalized. 



10- C. mariiimum L.: leaves linear, fleshy, scmicylindri- 



