5659. 
5660. 
5661. 
5662. 
5663. 
5664. 
5665. 
5666. 
5667. 
5668. 
5669. 
5670. 
5671. 
5672. 
5673. 
5674. 
5675. 
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Joint fir. Shrubby horsetail. Mountain rush. Mormon, or teamster’s, 
tea—The branches of Ephedra trifurca Torrey. (Gnetaceae—Gnetum 
Family). Native of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Col- 
lected by H. H. Rusby in Texas, September, 1905. 
An undetermined medicinal grass. Purchased by H. H. Rusby at Oaxaca, 
Mexico, March, rg1o. 
Another undetermined medicinal grass. Used in China. From the New 
York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Commelina herb.—The herbage of Commelina tuberosa LL. (Commelinaceae— 
Commelina Family). From the New York drug market. Presented by 
H. H. Rusby. 
False jaborandi.—The leaves and twigs of Piper Jaborandi Vell. (Piperaceae 
—Pepper Family). Native of Brazil. Presented by the New York College 
of Pharmacy. 
Clearweed. Richweed.—The herbage of Pilea pumila (L.) A. Gray. (Urti- 
caceae—Nettle Family). Native of eastern North America. Collected 
by J. A. Shafer in the New York Botanical Garden, August 15, 1904. 
False wall pellitory—The herbage of a species of Parietaria (Same family) 
from Argentina. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. 
Rusby. 
Stinging nettle. Urtica——The herbage of Urtica dioica L. (Same family). 
Native of Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America. Collected 
in the New York Botanical Garden by J. A. Shafer, Aug. 22, 1904. 
Another sample of the same. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
American mistletoe. Phoradendron—The leafy twigs of Phoradendron 
flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. (Loranthaceae—Mistletoe Family). Native of 
the southwestern United States and Mexico. Presented by Parke, Davis & 
Company. 
False Virginia snakeroot.—The herbage of Hexastylis virginica (L.) Small 
(Aristolochiaceae—Snakeroot Family). Native of the southeastern 
United States. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Mount Airy, North Carolina, 
June 19, 1919. 
Knotweed. Doorweed. Doorgrass.—The herbage of Polygonum aviculare 
L. (Polygonaceae—Knotweed Family). Native of the north temperate 
zone. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Smartweed. Water pepper.—The herbage of Persicaria Hydropiper (L.) 
Opiz. Native of Europe and naturalized in North America. Collected 
by H. H. Rusby at Marlboro, New Hampshire, August 30, 1919. 
Jerusalem oak. Feather geranium.—The herbage of Chenopodium Botrys L. 
(Chenopodiaceae—Goosefoot Family). Native of Europe and Asia and 
widely naturalized. Collected by J. A. Shafer at Williamsbridge, New 
York, August 24, 1904. 
Mexican tea. American wormseed.—The herbage of C. ambrosioides L. 
Native of tropical America and naturalized in the United States. Col- 
lected by J. A. Shafer at Williamsbridge, New York, August, 1904. 
Another sample of the same, collected by P. Wilson in the New York Botani- 
cal Garden, July, 1919. 
Yerba del Sorilla—The herbage of C. graveolens Willd. Native of tropical 
America. Collected at Santa Eulalia, in 1919, by M. de Lautreppe. 
