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mercial importance, and a large additional number which have received 

 more or less mention as possessing medicinal properties. This last men- 

 tioned class is not considered in my list. 



It is not to be supposed that commercial importance attaches to the 

 occurrence of all these species. As a matter of fact, comparatively little 

 drug collecting is done in this State, a fact which is due to a variety of 

 adverse conditions. It is, however, important to have on record some- 

 thing to indicate what plants find here a congenial soil and clime, so that 

 in the future, when, doubtless, the cultivation of medicinal plants must 

 be largely resorted to, we may be able to ascertain which of them are 

 suited to cultivation within our borders. 



In the list, as printed, those names which appear in capitals pertain to 

 official plants. Those preceded by an asterisk (*) indicate plants growing 

 in the neighborhood of Summit. 

 *Clematis Virginiana (L.). Virgins Bower. 



Not uncommon in the southern half of the State, and common and 

 abundant in the northern. 

 *Hejpatica Hepatica (L.) Karst. Liverleaf. 



Same distribution as last. 

 Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Gold-thread. 



Rather widely scattered through the northern half of the State, but 

 neither common nor abundant. 

 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden Seal. 



Occasionally collected in the north during the early history of botany 

 in the State, but not now known. 

 *Actaea alba (L.) Mill. White Banebury. 



Common in the northern half of the State, and occasional in the 

 southern. I have collected it with purplish fruit, but its thick pedicels 

 distinguish it well, without regard to color. 

 *Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. Bed Baneberry. 



Scarcely so common as the last, but has a similar range. Either species 

 might easily be collected for Cimicifuga. 

 ( IMK'IFUGA RACEMOSA (L.) NUTT. BLACK COHOSH. 



A 7 cry common and abundant in rich, rocky woods of the middle dis- 

 trict, especially in trap-rock soil. Occasional to frequent in other sec- 

 tions. This is one of the handsomest wild flowers of the State. At 

 least seven species occur in the United States, and no comparative 

 studies have been made of their pharmacognosy or properties. If the 

 latter are not identical, we have no guide to identification of the un- 

 official species, should they be collected and marketed. The fact that 

 only the official species occurs in this State would render certain the 

 identity of any material collected here. 



* Magnolia glauca L. Magnolia. 



