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553^* Trailing arbutus. Gravel weed. May flower. — The leaves of Epigaea 

 repens L. Native of eastern North America. Collected by W. N. Clute, 

 in southern New Jersey, July 2, 1899. 



5532. Labrador tea (See No. 1993). Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5533. Another sample of the preceding, presented by F. E. Fenno, of Apalachia, 



New York. 



5534. Mountain laurel or calico bush leaves. — The leaves of Kalmia latifolia L. 



Native of northeastern North America. Collected by A. A. Tyler at 

 Easton, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1898. 



5535. Lambkill leaves.— The leaves of K. angustifolia L. Native of eastern 



North America. Collected by W. N. Clute at Atsion, New Jersey, July 4, 

 1899. 



5536. Great laurel or Rhododendron leaves. — The leaves of Rhododendron maximum 



L. Native of northeastern North America. Collected in the New York 

 Botanical Garden, August 18, 1909, by R. S. Williams. 



5537. Chimaphila. Pipsissewa. — The leaves of Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt. 



{Pyrolaceae — Pyrola Family). Native of the north temperate zone. A 

 commercial sample, presented by Peek & Velsor, of New York City. 



5538. Balata, or bullet-tree, leaves. — The leaves of Mimusops surinamensis Miq. 



(Sapotaceae — Sapota Family). Native of northern South America. Col- 

 lected by H. H. Rusby in the delta of the Orinoco River, Venezuela, in 

 1896. 



5539. Privet leaves. (See No. 2789). Collected by J. A. Shafer in the New York 



Botanical Garden, September, 1904. 



5540. Lilac leaves. (See No. 2790). Collected by Q. T. Shafer at Williamsbridge, 



New York, August 15, 1904. 



5541. Buckbean. Bogbean. Menyanthes. Trifolii fibrini. — The leaves of Men- 



yanthes trijoliata L. (Menyanthaceae — Buckbean Family). Native of the 

 north temperate zone. A commercial sample. Presented by Parke, 

 Davis & Company. 



5542. Oleander leaves. — The leaves of Nerium Oleander L. {Apocynaceae — Dog- 



bane family). Native of the Mediterranean region and cultivated for 

 ornament. Presented by Merck & Company, of New York. 



5543. Gymnema leaves. (See No. 2829.) 



5544. Yerba santa. Eriodictyon. — The leaves of Eriodictyon californicum (H. & A.) 



Greene (Hydrophyllaceae — Water-leaf Family). Native of the south- 

 western United States and Mexico. Presented by Parke, Davis & Com- 

 pany. 



5545. The preceding, in a ground state. From the New York drug market. 



Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5546. Lungwort leaves. Pulmonaria. Sage of Bethlehem or Jerusalem. — The 



leaves of Pulmonaria officinalis L. (Boraginaceae — Borage Family). 

 Native of Europe and cultivated, and naturalized in the United States. 

 Presented by Parke, Davis & Company. 



5547. Borage leaves. Bee-bread leaves. — The leaves of Borago officinalis L. 



(Same family). Native of Europe and cultivated. Presented by H. H. 

 Rusby. 



