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MARRUBIUM VUEGARE E. HOREHOUND. 

 Occasional only. 



♦Leonurus Cardiaca L. Motherwort. 



Common in waste places throughout the entire State. 



Teucrium Canadense L. Germander. 



Very common in salt marshes and along streams near the coast. 



♦Plantago major E. 



♦Plantago Rugelii Dec. 



♦Plantago lanceolata E. 



All these and several other plantains are exceedingly abundant through- 

 out the State. 



♦CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES L. 



♦CHENOPODIUM ANTHEEMINTICUM L. 



AMERICAN WORMSEED. 

 Both species everywhere abundant along roadsides, especially in, and 

 in the vicinity of, cities. 



♦PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA L. POKEROOT. 



Everywhere abundant. This ready access to supplies may be of great 

 importance should the importance of using the root in a fresh state be- 

 come appreciated in the future. 



* Polygonum Hydropiper L. 



* Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. 



These and other species of Polygonum, known as " Smart- weeds," were 

 formerly very important elements of the materia medica. They are ex- 

 ceedingly abundant in all low grounds throughout the State. 



♦RUMEX CRISPUS L. CURLY DOCK. 



*RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS L. BLUNT-EEAVED DOCK. 



Both too abundant in cultivated grounds and about dwellings, as well 

 as in waste places and along roadsides. 



♦ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA L- VIRGINIA SNAKEROOT. 

 This is another case of a plant once abundant, but practically extermi- 

 nated through its collection. Single plants are occasionally found in 

 rich woods throughout the State. 



♦Asarum Canadense E. ) ^ j « 1 «. wu /-a- 



* . „ . Canada Snakeroot. Wild Ginger. 



^Asarum reflexum Bicknell. ) 



Abundant on rocky hills northward and occasional in the south. The 



second species has been so recently separated that the relative merits of 



the two are not at all understood. 

 ♦SASSAFRAS SASSAFRAS (E.) KARST. SASSAFRAS. 



One of the commonest shrubs and trees in fence-rows and the borders of 



woods. It propagates freely and grows quickly. 

 ♦Benzoin Benzoin (E.) Coulter. Spice Bush. 



Growing freely in most swampy woods, except among the pine barrens. 



