76 

 Aug:ust 1st to 10th 



Comjfositte. 



*Erechtites hieracifolia, (L.) Raf. Fire-weed. 



Burned clearings and along seashore ; b. till Oct. ; com. 



Arctium Lappa, L. Burdock. 



A coarse weed; b. till Oct.; com. 



var, minus, " 



A coarse weed ; b. till Oct. ; com. 



Artemisia caudata, IMiclix. Artemisia. 



Sandy soil near shore; com. 



Abrotanum, L. Southernwood. 



Rarely escaped from gardens. Nat. f . Eu. 

 p roc era, L. 



Rarely escaped from gardens. Nat. f. Eu. 

 vulgaris, L. IMugwort. 



Waste places and roadsides. Nat. f. Eu. 

 biennis, Willd. 



Wharves and waste places. Nat. f. Eu. 

 Absinthium, L. Wormwood. 



Escaped from gardens. Nat. f. Eu. 

 annua, L. 



Escaped from gardens. Nat. f. Eu. 

 Inula Helenium, L. Elecampane. 



Damp pastures, &c. ; inf req. Nat. f . Eu. 

 Chrysopsis falcata, (Pursh.) Ell. Golden Aster. 



Dry, sandy soil, Marion, Onset and Nonquitt. 

 Erigeron canadensis, L. Horse-weed. 



A common weed; b. till Oct. 

 Centaurea nigra, L. Knapweed. 



Roadsides, casual. Nat. f. Eu. 

 vochinensis, Bernh. 



Westport, fields, casual. Nat. f. Eu. 



*Fire weed is used by country people as an antidote for poison by Rhus Toxi- 

 codendron and for stings of insects, by bruising the stem and leaves and applying 

 the juice to the affected part. In one or two instances which came under the observa- 

 tion of the writer, the remedy proved to be eflfiicacious. 



