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Physalis Virginiana, Mill. (Gray’s Fl. N. A.), P. viscosa, L. 
(Gray’s Manual.) 
Near the cemetery, Lynn (C. E. Faxon). Probably introduced from 
farther west. 
WNicandra physaloides, Gertn. (APPLE OF PERU. ) 
‘*Rare, yards in Summer St., Lynn” (Tracy); Rockport (Pool) ; 
West Newbury (Wm. Merrill) ; Boxford (Miss Perley); Andover 
(Mrs. Downs). Scarce. (Adv. from Peru.) 
Lycium vulgare, Dunal. (MATRIMONY-VINE. ) 
Escaped by a wallin Beverly, and a few other places. Common in 
old gardens. (Adv. from Eu.) 
Hyoscyamus niger, Z. (BLack HENBANE.) 
Apparently common in 1783 (Dr. Cutler in Proc. Amer. Acad., Vol. 
I). ‘*Short beach, Nahant, often disappearing for a while” (Tracy, 
Proc. E. I. Vol. II, p. 275); Essex County (Oakes); ‘‘ Ipswich near 
the depot, and the south side of Phillip’s wharf, Salem” (memo. G. 
D. Phippen). (Adv. from Eu.) 
Datura Stramonium, Z. (CoMMON STRAMONIUM.) 
Common in waste places. (Adv. from Asia.) 
Datura Tatula, Z. (PuRPLE THORN-APPLE. ) 
Often with the other (probably adv. from Trop. Amer.). Both 
are most frequent near the seashore. 
Nicotiana rustica, Z. (W1iLp ToBacco.) 
‘* Near Danvers” (Dr. Osgood’s list). Not represented in the P. 
A. S. herbarium of Essex County plants, and possibly extinct, 
though once frequent according to early authors. (Adv. from Trop. 
Amer.) 
Petunia nyctaginifiora. 
On a waste heap, Nahant, Aug., 1878; Wenham, by the roadside, 
etc. Not permanently established, although very common in culti- 
vation. (Adv. from So. America.) 
GENTIANACEZ. 
(GENTIAN FAMILY.) 
Gentiana crinita, Frel. (FRINGED GENTIAN.) 
Beverly, scarce; Hamilton, scarce; more abundant in the northern 
and western portions of the county. Mrs. Horner collected in 
Georgetown a Single plant hardly less than fifteen inches high, 
having thirty flowers. Rev. H. P. Nichols states that the variety 
with white flowers and pale green leaves is quite constant in the 
Andover region. 

