210 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (LBalk 
Gaura filiformis Small. Filiform Gaura. 
Sandy soil (Small). Summer to fall. 
CIRCAEA L. 
Circaea lutetiana L. Enchanter’s Nightshade. 
Rich moist woods, usually in deep shade. Pontotoe Ridge 
near Ripley; New Albany; Taylor; Pontotoc; Eastport; 
Booneville; Warren Co. Summer. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
HALORAGIDACEAE. Water Milfoil Family. 
PROSERPINACA IL. Mermaid Weed. 
Proserpinaca palustris L. Swamp Mermaid Weed. 
Stagnant ponds and ditches throughout the state. Coastal 
Islands (Tracy). May-June. 
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam. Comb Mermaid Weed. 
Pine barren swamps near the coast. Hattiesburg. May. 
MYRIOPHYLLUM lL. 
Myriophyllum verticillatum L. Southern Water Milfoil. 
Still water and slow-flowing streams. Oxford; Hatties- 
burg. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. 
ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 
ARALIA I. 
Aralia rasemosa L. Spikenard. 
Rich woodlands on limey soils. Eastport; Itawamba Co.; 
Hatchie Hills; Ripley; Columbus. June. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. 
Aralia spinosa L. Angelica Tree. 
Borders of woods on rich soils. Itawamba Co.; Michigan 
City; Copiah Co.; Amite Co. (Allison). June. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. Allison Herb. 
PANAX IL. Ginseng. 
Panax quinquefolia L. Aralia quinquefolia Decaisne). 
