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Family SAXTALACF.E. Sandalwood, etc. 



COMANDRA Nuttall. 



Comandra umbel lata (L.). False Toad-flax. 



Thcsium umbellatuvi Linnseus, Sp. PI. 208. 1753 [Virginia and Pennsylvania]. 

 Comandra umbellata Knieskern. — Britton 214. 



Common througiiont the State in sandy ^rronnd. most plentiful 

 in the Middle district. 



FI. — Mid-May to late June. Fr. — Apparently not very com- 

 mon. 



Middle District.— Tarmmgda.\e, New Egypt, Browns Mills, Delanco, Wash- 

 ington Park, Sewell (S), Lindenwold (S), Mickleton, Sicklerville (S), 

 Swedesboro, Yorktown, Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River, Manahawkin, Sumner, Landisville, Ham- 

 monton (Bassett), Absecon (P). 



Cape Afny.— Burleigh (OHB). 



Order ARISTOLOCHIALES. 



Family ARISTOLOCI^IACE.^. Birthwort. etc. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves reniform, paired, flower growing from between the petioles. 



Asarum, p 418 

 aa. Leaves ovate lancolate,. alternate on a somewhat zig-zag stem. 



Aristolochia, p. 418 

 ASARUM L. 



Asarum canadense L. Wild Ginger. 



Asanim canadense Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 44^'. i753 [Canada].— Britton 212. 



Rich woods; common northward, rare and local within our 

 limits and confined to the upper Middle district. 



Fl. — Late April to late May. 



Middle District.— Vvt&\\o\c\ (C), New Egypt, Pcmbcrton (NB), Borden- 

 town (C), Camden Co. (C), Swedesboro. 



ARISTOLOCHIA L. 



Aristolochia serpentaria L. Virginia Snakeroot. 

 PL LXVL, Fig. 3- 



Afistolochia serpentaria Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 961. i753 [Virginia].— Barton Fl. 

 Phila. IL 146. 1818.— Britton 212. 



