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p. scA]N"DEN3- Ph. Leaves broad-conlate; racemes axillary, erect; seeJ-cover 3-vvingcd. 

 Fa/go— American climbing Buck-wlieat. 



Fl- Last of August, and after. Fr- mat. Beginning of October. 



Hub. Tliickets,fenpe-rows, and moist places: frequent. 8 to 12 feet long: flowers white. 



p. coNvoLVXTLUs. Ph. Leaves oblons;;, hastate-cordate; stem roughish; seed-cover without wings. 



Vulgo—W'iid Buck -wheat. Black Bind- weed. 



Fl. Middle of July, and after. Fr. mat. Last of August, and after. 



Hah. Cultivated grounds; fence-rows, &c. frequent. 4 to G feet long: flowers white. 



Obs. This is believed to be a foreigner. It often occurs in wheat fields, twining round the stalks of 

 wheat. Although this and the foregoing species have cojisideiable resemblance to each other, yet they a^e 

 readily distinguished by comparing the fruit, and leaves. 



CLASS IX. ENNEANDRIA. 



161. LAURUS. Nutt. Gen. 374. 

 tThe ancient Latin name for the Bay tree: origin obscure] 



Trreguiarlg polygamous: C'al. 0. Cok. 4 to 6 parted. Nectaries d, each a 2 bristled or 2 lohed gland, 

 surrounding the germ. Slam, variable, 3 to 14. Drupe 1 seeded. 



L. BEXZOiN. Ell- Leaves cuneate-oboval; flowers in clustered umbels, on the leafless branches. 

 Synon. L. pseudo-benzoin. Mx. Vulgo-Spke-v/ood. Wild Allspice. Fever Bush. Benjauiui tree. 

 Fl. Beginning of April. Fr. mat. Last of September. 



Hab. Shaded rivulets, and fence-rows: frequent. G to 8 feet high: flovi-ers greenish yellow; fruit red. 



06.9. An aromatic stimulant . A decoction of the branches of this shrub is much used, as a medicinal 

 drmk lor cattle, &c. in the spring of the year. 



L. SASSAFRAS. Mx. Arh. Mostly dioicous; leaves, some oval and entire, others 2 or Slobed. 



Fn?g-o— Sas.s3fras. Sassufrack. 



Fl. Last of April. />. mat. Last of August. / 



Hab. Woodlands, fence-rows, &c. common. 15, to 30 or 48 feet high: flowers yellow; fruit blue. 



Oh^. This a powerful, aromatic stimulant, and possesses valuable medical properties: for an accopnt o<" 

 which as well as those ot the foregoing species, >■?& Dr. Brockenbrovgh's Inaugural Thesis^ 1604. 

 Philad. Also, Barton's Collections for a Mat. Med- U. S. 



CLASS X. DECANDRL\. 



JH, Flowers Monopetalous. 



102. GAULTIIEPJA. N-.M. Gm. 37S. 

 [In honor of M. Gaulthier; a PVench Physician and Botanist, of Quebec, in Canada.] 



Cal. 5 cleft, bibracteate at base. Cor. ovate. Caps, superior, 5 celled, invested by the hcrrkd calyx. 

 G. PRocrTviBENs. Ell. Leaves crowded at .summit, oboval, cilipte-denticulate; flowers terminal, nodding. 

 Fm//xo— Tea-berry. Mountain tea. Ginger-berry. Spicy Winter-green. Farlridge-berry. 

 Ft. Middle of July. /,>. mat. Last of September. 



Hah. Woodlands: Patton's: rare. 4 to 6 inches high: flov/ers white; fruit red. 



Ohs. This spicy little evergreen i3 very rare in this vicinitv. I have only met with it in one spot, near lh» 

 >vesiern border of Patton's v.oods. Dr. Baldwin informed me it grew on the Braiulywine h.ills, near 

 J.»oxyni'igtown; and I ujidorrland it has also bseu found in the hilly woodlands south of George Darling- 



