1898 | POPULAR AMERICAN PLANT-NAMES 251 
LABIATA. 
Brunella vulgaris, L., wild sage, Paris, Me. 
hearts’ ease, Cambridge, Mass. 
cure-all, West. 
Galeopsis Tetrahit, L., Keays-weed, Bisbee-weed, bur-weed, Paris, 
M 
ce. 
Hedeoma pulegioides, Pers., pudding grass, West. 
Lycopus sinuatus, Ell., rattlesnake weed,! Southwestern Mo. 
Lycopus Virginicus, L., archangel, Dixfield, Me. 
sprig-of-Jerusalem, South Berwick, Me. 
Mentha Canadensis, L., wild bergamot, or bergamont, Oxford County, 
Me. 
Mentha piperita, L., manzania, Cal. 
Micromeria Douglasii, Benth., good herbs, “ yerba buena,” Cal. 
Molucella levis, L., Molucca balm, shell flower, old maids’ bonnet, 
Sulphur Grove, Ohio 
Nepeta Glechoma, Benth., Gill-run-over-grass, run-away-Jack, blue 
bells, Cambridge, Mass. 
run-away-Nell, Medford, Mass. 
Origanum vulgare, L., wild marjoram, West. 
Salvia Columbaria, Benth., wild sage, chia, winter oat, Cal. 
Scutellaria laterifolia, L., hoodwort, West. 
Teucrium Canadense, L., betony, head betony, wood betony, West. 
PLANTAGINACE®. 
Plantago lanceolata, L., nigger-heads, hock cockle, Southold, L. I. 
soldiers, Cambridge, Mass. 
NYCTAGINACE. 
Abronia latifolia, Esch., yellow sand verbena, Cal. 
Boerhaavia erecta, L., jigger weed, Florida keys. 
Mirabilis Falapa, L., pretty-per-night,? Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
AMARANTACEZ. 
Amarantus Albus, L., tumble weed,’ Southwestern Mo. 
Amarantus retroflecus, L., light-houses,* Southold, L. I. 
curls, red root, Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
wild beet,> Oxford County, Me. 
: Herb said to be an antidote for the bite of amas 
Not pretty by night, although it means the s : 
* From its habit of drying in a round mass, sia hele rolled about by the wind. 
_ * From speed with which they tower above crops in the fields. 
® Said to taste like beets when cooked for “ greens.’ 
