36 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Order 67. ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. Birthwort Family. 



Asarum, Tourn. Wild Ginger. 



A. Canadense, L. Rich woods. 

 Aristolochia, Tourn. Birthwort. 



[A. SiPHO, L'Her. (Pipe Vine. Dutchman's Pipe.) A native of Penn. 



and Va., and sometimes planted for arbors.] 



Order 68. LAURACE-Sl. Laurel Family. 

 Sassafras, Nees. 



S. officinale, Nees. Plainfield, N. H., Miss Stevens ; Springfield, Vt., Reir. 



S. Hay war d ; Charlestown, N. H.; Randolph, Orange, and Pomfret, 



Vt. ; rare ; southward it is common. 

 Xiindera, Thunb. Spice-wood. Benjamin-bush. 



[L. Benzoin, Blume. A shrub found in Vermont [Prof. Perkins) and 

 probably within our limits.] 



Order 69. THYJMELJEACE-S]. Mezereum Family. 



Dirca, L. Leatherwood. 



D. palustris, L. Rich woods; sometimes in swamps, common. 



Daphne, L. Mezereum. 



[D. Mezereum, L. An earl}' blooming garden shrub from Europe.] 



Order 70. LORANTH ACE-ZB. Mistletoe Family. 

 Arceuthobium, Bieb. 



A. pusillum. Peck. (Dwarf Mistletoe.) Found parasitic on Picea nigra 

 (Black Spruce) in a swamp in Lebanon (1883); also near Bear Pond, 

 Canaan (1883), ye-j-?//. Probably rare. It is also found in the Adiron- 

 dack region of N. Y., and is very injurious. 



Order 71. SANTALACE-Sl. Sandalwood Family. 



Comandra, Nutt. Bastard Toad-flax. 



C. umbellata, Nutt. Canaan, J. B. Wallace. 



Order 72. EUPHORBIACE^. Spurge Family. 



Euphorbia, L. Spurge. 



E. maculata, L. A common weed in gardens. 



E. Preslii, Guss. (E. hypericifolia, Gray's Man., 5th ed.) Roadsides and 

 gardens. 



E. Cyparissias, L. (Cypress Spurge.) Roadsides. Often seen in ceme- 

 teries. 



E. Peflus, L. Dooryards. Hanover, Jesnp. The last two are European. 

 [E. marginata, Pursh., from the West, is cultivated.] 



Acalypha, L. Three-seeded Mercury. 



A. Virginica, L. A weed in cultivated ground; frequent. 



