CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 49 
Apple.) This weed is said to afford relief in asthma. The leaves are 
cured and smoked like tobacco. It is said to spring up on the top of 
heaps of earth taken from far below the surface in digging deep wells. 
Waste places, common. (Adv. Asia.) 
D. Tatula, L. Phillipsburg. (Porter.) (Adv. Tropical Amer.) 
ORDER 77. GENTIANACEZ. GENTIAN FAMILY. 
Sabbatia, Adans. (American Centaury.) 
S. lanceolata, Torr. and Gray. Wet places in the pines, common. 
S. angularis, Pursh. Dry grounds, low country, frequent ; also in 
Bergen Co. (7. C. B.) 
S. stellaris, Pursh. Borders of salt marshes, Mid., M., and O., com- 
mon. 
S. chloroides, Pursh. Salt marshes, eastern parts of the State, not 
rare. 
Erythrza, Pers. 
E. ramosissima, Pers. Closter. (7.0. B.) (Nat. Eu.) - 
Gentiana, L. (Gentian.) 
A very pretty genus ; plants growing in damp grounds. G. crinita and 
G. quinqueflora, grow sparingly in M. and Mer. 
G. quinquefiora, Lam. Damp grounds, Freehold and Hightstown ; 
also Elizabeth. (7.C.B.) Sus. (Austin.) 
G. crinita, Freel. Wet places, frequent, middle and north. 
G. alba, Muhl. Hunterdon. (nighton.) 
G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Shark River and north. 
G. Saponaria, L. Shark River, M., Freehold, Mer., Hightstown, and 
G. angustifolia, Michx. Damp soil, low country, rare. 
Bartonia, Muhl. 
B. tenella, Muh]. Moist, open woods, not rare. 
Obolaria, L. (Obolaria.) 
O. Virginica, L. Near Princeton and about Lawrenceville. A very 
curious and interesting plant, not common. 
Menyanthes, Tourn. (Buckbean.) 
M. trifoliata, L. Bergen Co. (7. C. B.) Budd’s Lake, Mor. (Porter.) 
Limnanthemum, Gmelin. (Floating Heart.) 
L. lacunosum, Grisebach. North-east. (7. C. B.) Spring Garden. 
(Canby.) 

