806 REPORT OF THE FLORA 



Aristolochia, Tourn. Birthwort. 



A. serpentaria, L. (White snake root.) Not common. 



A. Sipho, L. Her. (Dutchman's Pipe.) Planted for ornament and escaped, 

 near dwellings. (From south-west.) 



Order 84 .— PHYTOLACCACEiE. (Pokeweed Family.) 



Phytolacca, Tourn. (Pokeweed.) 



P. decandra, L. Rich grounds and clearings. 



Order 85.— CHENOPQDIACEJE. (Goosefoot Family.) 



Clienopodium, L. (Pigweed.) 



C. album, L. A weed in gardens. (Nat. Eu.) 

 C. urbicum, L. Cultivated grounds. (Nat. Eu.) 

 C. murale, L. Peekskill. (Adv. Eu.) 

 C. hybridum, L. About dwellings. (Nat. Eu.) 

 C. Botrys, L. West Farms. (Adv. Eu.) 



C. ambrosioides, L. Waste grounds about dwellings. (Nat. Trop. America.) 

 Note. — The last two species are used in medicine as a vermifuge. 



Blitum, Tourn. 



B. maritimum, Nutt. Rye. 



B. Bonus- Henricus, Reichenbach. About dwellings. (Adv. Eu.) 



Atriplex, Tourn. (Orache.) 

 A. patula, L. 



Var. hastata, Gray. Rye, and coast. 

 A. arenaria, Nutt. Rye, and along the coast. 



Salicornia, Tourn. (Glasswort. Samphire.) 

 S. herbacea, L. Rye, and along the coast. 



Sueeda, Forskal. (Sea Blite.) 



S. maritima, Dumortier, Coasi. 

 Salsola, L. (Saltwort.) 



S. Kali, L. Coast of Long Island Sound. 



Order 86.— AMARANTACEiE. (Amaranth Family.) 



Amarantus, Tourn. (Amaranth.) 



A. hypochondriacus, L. Sing Sing. (Dr. Fisher. Trop. America.) 



A. paniculatus, L. Sing Sing. (Dr. Fisher. Trop. America.) 



A. retroflexus, L. Weed in gardens. 



A. albus, L. Wast places near dwellings. (Adv. Trop. America.) 



A. spinosus, L. About dwellings. (Adv. Trop. America.) 



A. pumilus, Raf. Near Rye. (Mead.) 



A. viridis, L. Along Hudson River R. R. track. 



