84 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



ARISTOLOCHI ACE^E . 



Asarum, Tourn Wild Ginger. 



A. Canadense, L. Wild Ginger. Camden Co., C. F. Parker ; Free- 

 hold, 0. R. Willis ; Plainfield, Frank Tweedy ; and common in the 

 northern counties. 



Aristolochia, Tourn Birthwort. 



A. Serpentaria, L. Virginia Snakeroot. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. 

 Austin; Weehawken and Long Hill, W. H. Leggett; Hightstown, 0. 

 R. Willis ; Milburn, Essex Co., N. L. Britton ; Keyport and Holmdel, 

 Monmouth Co., R. W. Brown. 



SAURURACE^l. 



Saururus, L Lizard's-tail. 



S. cernuus, L. Nodding Lizard's-tail. Swamps. Rather common 

 throughout. 



LAURACE^. 



Sassafras, Nees Sassafras. 



S. officinale, Nees. Common Sassafras. Woods and copses. Com- 

 mon throughout. 



Lindera, Thunb Wild Allspice. 



L. Benzoin, Meisn. Spice-bush. Low woods. Quite common 

 throughout. 



THYMELEACE^E. 



Dirca, L Leatherwood. 



D. palustris, L. Moosewood. Rare. Shady woods, New Jersey, 

 Torrey Catalogue ; Closter and Palisades, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin. 



LORANTHACE2E. 



Phoradendron, Nutt False Mistletoe. 



P. fiavescens, Nutt. American Mistletoe. Sparingly on the Yellow 

 Drift formation, generally parasitic on the Black Gum, but occasion- 

 ally on other deciduous-leaved trees. Never on Conifers. Between 

 Manchester and Lakewood, Ocean Co., Wm. Bower ; Kaighn's Swamp, 

 Camden, I. C. Martindale ; Jackson, Camden Co., C. F. Parker, (on 

 the Red Maple) ; Hightstown, 0. R. Willis ; Medford and New Lisbon, 

 Burlington Co., N. L. Britton. 



