

CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 5 
Podophyllum, L. (Mandrake—Love-apple.) 
P. peltatum, L. This is a striking plant in appearance on account 
of its shield-shaped leaves. The fruit is collected and eaten by children ; 
it has a sweetish insipid taste. The root is medicinal, and is adminis- 
tered to excite the liver. Near Princeton and Cream Ridge, in M., com- 
mon north. ? 
ORDER 6. NYMPHHACER. WatvTeER-LILY FAMILY. 
Brasenia, Schreber. (Water-shield.) 
B. peltata, Pursh. Near Barrsville, O., and Shark River, M. Fre- 
quent, Spring-Garden, Camden. (C. &. Parker.) 
Nelumbium, Juss. (Nelumbo—Sacred Bean.) 
N. luteum, Willd. Mill-pond, Woodstown, also in Sus. (Gray.) 
Nympheza, Tourn. (Water-Nymph—Water-Lily.) 
N. odorata, Ait. Ponds and stagnant pools, common. 
Var. minor, Sims. Southern Jersey, common. 
Nuphar, Smith. (Yellow Pond-Lily—Spatter-Dock. ) 
N. advena, Ait. Still or stagnant water, common. 
N. luteum, Smith. 
Var. pumilum. Hackensack, and near Closter. (7. C. B.) 
ORDER 7. SARRACENIACES. PITcHER PLANTs. 
Sarracenia, Tourn. (Side-saddle Flower—Pitcher-Plant.) 
S. purpurea, L. This plant déserves notice on account of its singu- 
lar leaves, which grow in the form of cups. The flower is also remark- 
able. The inner surface of the cups is thickly besprinkled with stiff 
hairs ; and the cups themselves are usually partly filled with water, in 
which insects, mostly fiies, have perished, giving rise to the conjecture 
that the plant is insectivorous, and the pitcher-shaped leaf furnished 
with hairs for the purpose of entrapping its prey, which, having entered, 
the stiff hairs with which the surface is armed prevent them from crawl- 
ing out. Found in the swamp near Penn’s Neck, east of Princeton, in 
M., near Freehold. 
Found in Camden. (W. M. Canby.) Throughout the middie, south, 
and north-eastern parts of the State. 
ORDER 8. PAPAVERACEZ:. Poppy FAmILy. 
Argemone, L. (Prickly Poppy.) 
A. Mexicana, L. Waste places, not common. (Adv. Tropics.) 
Chelidcnium, L. (Celandine.) 
C. majus, L. Waste grounds, near dwellings. Abundant in the 
middle and north. (Adv. Eu.) 
