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From August 1st to 10th. 



Compositie. 



A naj) lia 1 i s m ars'a ritacea . 

 *Erechtit(*> liienieifolia. 



Pearly evei-lastiii«\ 

 Fire-weed. 



Aivtiuiu Lapjia. Burddck. 



var. witli \vh. tlowers. 

 var. minus. 



Artemisia caudata, 



Abrotiuum, 



proL-era, 



vulj>aris, 



biennis, 



Absinthium, 

 Inula Heleuium. 

 Clirysopsis falcata. 



Eri,i>"eron < 'anadensis. 

 Centaurea nig'i-a. 



W'oiniwood. 



Mui;\\ <irr. 



\^'()I•m\\■(M>d. 

 Eleeanipane. 

 (Tolden aster, 



Horse- weed. 

 Knapweed. 



Dry tields and woods. 



Wood clearings, and in sea- 

 weed along shores and 

 whaives; b. till Oct. 



\ coai'se weed; b. till Oct. 



So. (jf Pad'm Bridge. Smith's 

 Escaped from gard. [Xeck. 



U'aste places and roadsides. 

 On wharves ; rare. 

 Escaped from gardens. 

 Damp pastures, &c. ; infreq. 

 Dry. sandy soil, Great Hill. 



Marion. 

 A common weed; b. till Oct. 

 Bristol. K.I. : perhaps e-arlier. 



Cacnrbitacem. 



Sie^'os angulatus, One-seeded bur-cucum'r. Gardens and waste places. 



Echinocystis lobala. Wild balsam-:ip])le. '• '• 



Kvicaeeiv. 



Clethea alnifolia. Sweet pepperbush. .\ very common shrub. 



Solnnuceiv. 



Datura Stramonium, Thorn-apple. 



Tatula, Purple do. 



Scrophula fiacefe . 



Chelone glabra, Snake-liead. 



fLimoselhi aquatica. 



var. tenui folia, ^ludwort. 



Asclepiadavew. 



Asclepias verticillata, Whorled milkweed. 



Hyper icacew . 



Hypericum nudicaule. Orange-grass. 



Waste grounds. 



Near so. shore at Nonq'tt, &c. 



Wet places; common. 



Muddy border of a pond on 

 Penekese Island. 



Nonquitt, ttc. 

 Sandy soil; common. 



*Fire weed is used by country people as an antidote for poison by Rbus Toxicodendron and for 

 stings of insects, by bruising- tiie stem and leaves and applying the juice to the affected part. In one 

 or two instances which came under the observation of the writer, the remedy proved to be efficacious. 



t Also found on Smith's Neck, a little south of Dartmouth bridge, June -24, by R. C. Ingraham. 



