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supposed to be due to the substitution of the bark of other species, a 

 number of which are very abundant in the Southern States. Its collec- 

 tion in this vicinity would obviate all such possibility, as there is 

 scarcely anything else which could be collected for it; only an oc- 

 casional lot of V. Lentago L., which, in all probability, possesses the 

 same properties. 



*Triosteum perfoliatum L. Wi]d Coffee. 



This is quite common in the north, especially hereabouts. 



*Cephalanthus occidentals L. Button Bush. 



A very common shrub of swamps throughout the State, especially south- 

 ward and near the coast. In Virginia, under the name of Wild Liquor- 

 ice, a name which properly belongs to Galium Circaezans Mx., it enjoys 

 a high domestic repute in the treatment of pectoral complaints. 



*Mitchella repens L. Partridge Berry. 

 Very common in all dry v. oods. 



*Vernonia Noveboracensis (L.) Willd. Iron Weed. 



Very common and abundant in all open low grounds throughout the 

 State. 



*EUPATOKIUM PERFOLIATUM L. THOEOUGHWOET. 



Exceedingly abundant in low grounds, and capable of being collected 



in any quantity. 



The E. Purpureum, also used, is almost equally abundant. 



*Solidago odora Ait. Odorous Golden Rod. 



Bather frequent in the north and very common in the southern counties. 



♦CONYZELLA CANADENSIS (L.) EUPE. COLTS TAIL. 



Very abundant indeed in fields, frequently growing so that it could 

 be cut with the machine to the almost total exclusion of all else. 

 The separation of this plant from the genus Erigeron, to which it is at 

 present, referred by the Pharmacopoeia, would seem altogether com- 

 mendable, in view of its very different habits and constituents. 



*Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) B. & Ff. Pearly Everlasting. 



Very common in high, dry, especially rocky fields, especially in the 

 northern counties, 



*Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. Balsam. . 



Even more common and abundant than the last. 



*Antennaria neglecta, Greene. 



*Antennaria decipiens Greene. 



Both these species of Ladies Tobacco, Cats Paw, Mouse-ear or Low 

 Everlasting, are common enough in various parts of the State. Both 

 have passed as A. Plantaginifolia (L.) Hook., but Prof. Greene has 

 recently shown that that species does not occur in America. 



*INULA HELENIUM L. ELECAMPANE. 



The firm manner in which this establishes itself upon rocky Mils, and 



