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Hyoscyamus Niger ; Henbane ; in waste places; valuable in medicine. 

 Nicandra Physaloides ; Persoon ; strayed out of gardens, and likely 

 to prove a weed. 



Verbascum Thapsus, L. — Mullein ; pastures, old fields, &c. 



do. Blattaria, L. — Moth Mullein ; Essex Co. 



Lamium Amplexicaule, L. — Hen Bit ; Dead Nettle, old gardens and 

 nurseries. 



Leonurus Cardiaca, L. — Mother Wort ; everywhere. 

 Marrubium Vulgare, L. — Hoarhound ; road-sides. Introduced. 

 Nepeta Cataria, L. — Cat Mint ; under stone walls. 

 Trichostema Dichotoma, L. — Blue Curls ; in sandy soils, as rye 

 fields and poor pastures. (Annual.) 



Alisma Plantago, L. — Water plantain ; in wet places and muddy 

 ponds. 



Iris Versicolor, L. — Blue Flag or Wild-Iris ; wet meadows. 

 Iris Gracilis, Bigelow. — Boston Iris ; do. 



Allium Canadense, L. — Wild Onion ; Meadow Garlic ; apt to in- 

 crease in grain fields, and giving the alliaceous flavor to flour ; a bad 

 weed. 



Smilax Rotundifolia, L. — Green Briar ; in swamps, and covering un- 

 der-growth with green, prickly branches ; difficult to kill. 



Typha Latifolia, L. — Cat Tail ; in ditches and mud-holes, well known 

 as Flags. 



Acorus Calamus, L. — Sweet Flag ; in wet meadows. 

 Pothos Foetida, Mx. — Skunk Cabbage ; cattle are said to be fond of 

 the dried leaves, which are sweet. 



Conium Maculatum. — Hemlock ; (a dangerous plant,) by way-sides 

 and waste places. 



Arctium Lappa. — Burdock ; troublesome, and next to useless. 

 Agrostis Clandestina. — Hidden bent Grass ; a coarse weedy species, 

 about barns and in cultivated grounds. 



Leersia Oryzoides, Svvtz. — Cut Grass ; tall, coarse, with sharp cilia- 

 ted leaves. 



Bromus Secalinus, L. — Chess, or Cheat ; in wheat and rye fields. 

 Introduced. 



Andropogon Nutans, L. — Beard Grass ; common on poor stony dry 

 soils, growing in tufts, a wiry indifferent species. 



Digitaria Sanguinalis, Mx. — Purple Panic Grass ; a common weed in 

 cultivated grounds. 



