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noticed the names of those, honored for their scientific acquire- 

 ments, or endeared to us for their memory •which is thus asso- 

 ciated with our Natural History. The list ^Yill be continued 

 as needed. 



From MMS. Notes of the late AVilliam Oakes. 



1. Euphorbia esula L. *£•. B. 20 : 1399. 



In Newbury and several other places in the north of Essex 

 County, 1828. An injurious weed, fully established in the 

 localities mentioned and not easily to be extirpated. Introduced 

 from Europe. 



2. Carum Carui L. E. B. 21. 1503. 



In Ipswich and Rowley, Mass., 1825. Naturalized about 

 road sides. 



3. Muscari racemosum. Miller. Syn. Hyacinthus race- 

 mosus. L. E. B. 27. 1931. 



In grass fields in Essex County ; rare and partially natu- 

 ralized 1817. 



4. Aristida tuberculosa, Nuttall. Gray, Gram, and Cyp : 

 1. 10. 



In sand at Plum Island 1829. 



5. Aristida gracilis, Elliott. Gray, Gram, ajid Cyp: 1. 9. 

 At Danvers, 1819. 



6. Juncus Balticus, Wildenow in Berlin Magazine (1809) 

 p. 298. 



In Ipswich, and in many other places near the coast of New 

 England, 1825. 



*The English Botany in thirty-sis volumes, by James Sowerby. The 

 number of the volume and of the figure of the plant are both specified. 

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