164 



158. Uva-ursi uva-ursi L. — Graine d'ours (bear-berrj'), sac a commis, Bear 



Lake, Canada, George Keith (in Masson, L. R., Les Bourgeois de la 

 Compagnie du Xord-Ouest, 2, 1890, p. 102) ; sakakomi, Sakkakomi- 

 Pflanze (Wied, Reise, 2:81, and 1:445). 



159. Vaccinium ovalifoliuni Smith. — Tall blue huckleberrj', Oregon, Helen 



M. Gilkey. 



160. T'^accinium ovatum Pursh. — Evergreen huckle-berry, Oregon, Helen ]M. 



Gilke}-. 



161. Vaccinium parvifoliiini Smith. — Peacock berry. AA'. L. Dawson (Birds 



of Washington, 2, 1909, p. 577) ; red huckleberry, Oregon, Helen 

 M. Gilkey. 



162. Vaccinium uliginosum L. — Ground whortle (old name), whorts (new 



name), C. W. Townsend (Captain Cartwright and his Labrador 



Journal. 1911, p. 34). 

 Sapotaceaz. 163. Bumelia tenax L. — Sloe berry, coastal Georgia, C. Cot- 



tam. 

 Ebexaceae. 164. Diospyros virginiana L. — American medlar, Thos. F. De 



Voe (The Market Assistant, 1867, p. 386). 

 Oleaceae. 165. Forsythia sp. — " 'Stmshine bush,' it deserves to be called," 



Bradford Torrey (Clerk of the Woods, 1903, p. 2). 

 166. Forest iera neo-mexicana A. Gray. — Wild olive. New Mexico, A. E. 



Borell. 

 Gextiaxaceae. 167. Frasera carolincnsis Walter ("waltheri"). — Falsche 



Colombo-wurzel (Wied, Reise, 1:170). 

 Apocyxaceae. 168. Apocynum androsaemijoliiini L. — Angel's turnip, N. N. 



Puckett (Folk beliefs of the southern negro,* 1926, p. 245) ; herb 



a la puce (from its irritating effects) ; this name applied also to 



A. sibiricum Jacquin (hypericifoliuin Alton) (Richardson, Arctic 



Searching Exp. 1:121, 1851). 

 Coxvolvulaceae. 169. Convolvulus arvcnsis L. — Possession vine, Texas Pan- 

 handle, Philip F. Allan; tie vine, B. L. C. Wailes (Rep. Agr. Geol. 



Miss., 1854, p. 344). 

 Labiatae. 170. Mentha spicata L.- — Green mint, Thos. F. De Voe (The Alar- 



ket Assistant, 1867, p. 364) . 

 Solaxceae. 171. Solanuni carolincnse L. — Tread saft, X. N. Puckett (Folk 



beliefs of the southern negro, 1926, p. 246). 



172. Lycopersicon lycopersicon L. — Liebesapfel (Wied, Reise, 1:191). 



173. Datura stramonium 1^. — Stechapfel (Wied, Reise, 1:33). 



174. Nicotiana quadrivalvis Pursh. — Manascha (Mandan Indians), Tabacks- 



pflanze (Wied, Reise, 2:90 and 122). 

 Bigxoxiaceae. 175. Catalpa catalpa L. — Petalfra ("which as well as catalpa, 

 the received appellation, may be a corruption from Catawba, the 

 name of the tribe by whom x x x the tree may have been intro- 



* Some obvious misidentifications in this book have been excluded, and pos- 

 sibly the records under Xos. 43 and 168 also should have been rejected. 



