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Praxinus Americana, L. (White Ash.) 



Common in most parts of tlie county, but seldom in groves. 

 Fraxinus putoeseens, Lam. (Red Ash.) 



Frequent, riverbanljs, etc., in the central portion of the county. 

 Praxinus sambucifolia, Lam. (Black Ash; Watbr Ash.) 



Swampy woods. Frequent. 



ABISTOLOCHIACEJa. 



(Birth WORT Family.) 



Asamm Canadense, L. (Wild Gin'Ger.) 

 This grows in Andover and Haverhill, and has been cultivated by 

 Mr. S. P. Fowler in Danvers. Introduced from beyond the county 

 limits. 



PHYTOLACCACEJa. 



(PoKEWEED Family.) 



Phytolacca decandra, L. (Garget ; Poke.) 

 Damp ground and freshly cleared land. Common. The root is 

 poisonous, yet "the stalks are in early spring sometimes eaten as a 

 substitute for asparagus." (Gray's Manual.) For cultivation, where 

 it can have suflficieut room, this makes a most striking autumn 

 plant. 



CHENOPODIACE^. 



(Goosefoot Family.) 



Chenopodium album, L. (Pigweed.) 



A weed everywhere. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Chenopodium glaucum, L.. (Oak-leaved Goosefoot.) 



"Marblehead Neck, Sept. 8, 1858" (Tracy, Proc. E. I., Vol. II, p. 



312) ; Salem, 1879; Lynn (Herbert A. Young). (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Chenopodium urbicum, L. 



Near Flax pond, Lynn, 1879 (H. A. Young) ; "occasional in Lynn" 



(Tracy). This species is often confused with the next, forms of 



which are taken for it. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Chenopodium hytaridum, L. (Maple-leaved Goosefoot.) 



Frequent. Both the small form and the large are with an extensive 



spreading panicle of flowers. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Chenopodium Botrys, L. (Jerusalem Oak; Ambrosia.) 



A garden plant or weed, often seen in yards; Lynn, 1879 (H. A. 



Young), etc. (Adv. from Eu.) 



