40 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



Sium, L Water Parsnip. 



S. cicutsefolium, Gmel. (S. lineare, Michx.) Water Parsnip. Quite 

 common throughout, except in the pine barren region. 



Cryptotaenia, DC Honewort. 



C. Canadensis, DC. Canadian Honewort. Common in the north- 

 ern and middle counties; rare on the Yellow Drift. 



Ohserophyllum, L Chervil. 



C. procumbens, Lam. Low Chervil. Hoboken Hills, Torrey Cata- 

 logue ; South Jersey, rare, C F. Austin ; banks of the Delaware, near 

 Camden, C. F. Parker. Rare. 



Osmorrhiza, Raf Sweet Cicely, 



O. longistylis, DC. Smoother Sweet Cicely. Sparingly in the 

 middle and northern counties. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin ; 

 Long Hill and Chatham, W. H. Leggett; three miles above Newark, 

 on the Passaic River, I. H. Hall ; near Keyport, R. W. Brown. 



O. brevistylis, DC. Hairy Sweet Cicely. Rather common through- 

 out, but most abundant in the northern counties. 



Conium, L. . . . , Poison Hemlock. 



C. maculatum, L. Poison Hemlock. Sussex Co., C. F. Austin ; 

 Mercer Co., Dr. John Torrey; Bool's Island, in Delaware River, I. S. 

 Moyer ; Phillipsburg, T. C. Porter ; Essex Co., H. H. Rusby. Adv. Eu. 



ARALIACE^]. 



Aralia, L Ginseng. Wild-sarsaparilla. 



A. spinosa, L. Angelica-tree. Hercules' Club. Sparingly escaped 

 from cultivation. Plainfield, F. Tweedy. 



A. racemosa, L. Spikenard. Rich woodlands; frequent in the 

 middle and northern counties. Marble Hill above Phillipsburg, 

 Warren Co., T. C. Porter; Closter, Bergen Co., C. F.Austin; Long 

 Hill, W. H. Leggett; near Holmdel, Monmouth Co., R. W. Brown; 

 Camden Co., C. F. Parker; First Mt., Essex Co., H. H. Rusby ; Plain- 

 . field, F. Tweedy. 



A. hispida, Michx. Bristly Sarsaparilla. Rocky places in the north- 

 ern counties, rare; near Lodi Junction, N. J. and N. Y. R. R., W. H. 

 Rudkin ; also, in Secaucus Swamp, W. H. Leggett ; and in sandy pine 

 barrens of Ocean Co., P. D. Knieskern ! ! 



A. nudicaulis, L. Wild Sarsaparilla. Frequent throughout the 

 northern and middle counties. Rare on the Yellow Drift. 



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