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5659- Joint fir. Shrubby horsetail. Mountain rush. Mormon, or teamster's, 

 tea# — The branches of Ephedra trifurca Torrey. (Gnelaceae — Gnetum 

 Family). Native of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Col- 

 lected by H. H. Rusby in Texas, September, 1905. 



5660. An undetermined medicinal grass. Purchased by H. H. Rusby at Oaxaca, 



Mexico, March, 1910. 



5661. Another undetermined medicinal grass. Used in China. From the New 



York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5662. Commelina herb. — The herbage of Commdina tuberosa L. (Commelinaceae— 



Commelina Family). From the New York drug market. Presented by 

 H. H. Rusby. 



5663. False jaborandi.— The leaves and twigs of Piper Jaborandi Veil. (Piperaceae 



—Pepper Family). Native of Brazil. Presented by the New York College 

 of Pharmacy. 



5664. Clearweed. Richweed— The herbage of Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray. (Urti- 



caceae — Nettle Family). Native of eastern North America. Collected 

 by J. A. Shafer in the New York Botanical Garden, August 15, 1904. 



5665. False wall pellitory— The herbage of a species of Parietaria (Same family) 



from Argentina. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. 

 Rusby. 



5666. Stinging nettle. Urtica. — The herbage of Urtica dioica L. (Same family). 



Native of Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America. Collected 

 in the New York Botanical Garden by J. A. Shafer, Aug. 22, 1904. 



5667. Another sample of the same. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5668. American mistletoe. Phoradendron. — The leafy twigs of Phoradendron 



flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. (Lorantkaceae— Mistletoe Family). Native of 

 the southwestern United States and Mexico. Presented by Parke, Davis & 

 Company. 



5669. False Virginia snakeroot.— The herbage of Hexastylis virginica (L.) Small 



(Aristolochiaceae— Snakeroot Family). Native of the southeastern 

 United States. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Mount Airy, North Carolina, 



June 19, 1919- 



5670. Knotweed. Doorweed. Doorgrass— The herbage of Polygonum aviculare 



L. (Polygonaceae — Knotweed Family). Native of the north temperate 

 zone. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



5671. Smartweed. Water pepper. — The herbage of Persicaria Hydropiper (L.) 



Opiz. Native of Europe and naturalized in North America. Collected 

 by H. H. Rusby at Marlboro, New Hampshire, August 30, 1919. 



5672. Jerusalem oak. Feather geranium. — The herbage of Chenopodium BotrysL. 



{Chenopodiaceae — Goosefoot Family). Native of Europe and Asia and 

 widely naturalized. Collected by J. A. Shafer at Williamsbridge, New 

 York, August 24, 1904. 



5673. Mexican tea. American wormseed. — The herbage of C. ambrosioides L. 



Native of tropical America and naturalized in the United States. Col- 

 lected by J. A. Shafer at Williamsbridge, New York, August, 1904. 



5674. Another sample of the same, collected by P. Wilson in the New York Botani- 



cal Garden, July, 1919. 



5675. Yerba del Sorilla— The herbage of C. graveolens Willd. Native of tropical 



America. Collected at Santa Eulalia, in 1919, by M. de Lautreppe. 



