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Fraxinus Americana, Z. (Wuirtr ASH.) 
Common in most parts of the county, but seldom in groves. 
Fraxinus pubescens, Lam. (Rep AsH.) 
Frequent, riverbanks, etc., in the central portion of the county. 
Fraxinus sambucifolia, Zam. (BLiack AsH; WATER ASH.) 
Swampy woods. Frequent. 
ARISTOLOCHIACEA, 
(BIRTHWORT FaMILy.) 
Asarum Canadense, Z. (WILD GINGER.) 
This grows in Andover and Haverhill, and has been ealivated by 
Mr. S. P. Fowler in Danvers. Introduced from beyond the county 
limits. 
PHYTOLACCACESA. 
(POKEWEED FaMILy.) 
Phytolacca decandra, LZ. (GARGET; POKE.) 
Damp ground and freshly cleared land. Common. The root is 
poisonous, yet ‘‘the stalks are in early spring sometimes eaten as a 
substitute for asparagus.” (Gray’s Manual.) Forcultivation, where 
it can have sufficient room, this makes a most striking autumn 
plant. 
CHENOPODIACEZ. 
(GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 
Chenopodium album, Z. (PIGWFED.) 
A weed everywhere. (Nat. from Eu.) 
Chenopodium glaucum, Z. (Oak-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT. ) 
“Marblehead Neck, Sept. 8, 1858” (Tracy, Proc. E. I., Vol. II, p. 
312); Salem, 1879; Lynn (Herbert A. Young). (Nat. from Eu.) 
Chenopodium urbicum, L. 
Near Flax pond, Lynn, 1879 (H. A. Young); ‘‘ occasional in Lynn” 
(Tracy). This species is often confused with the next, forms of 
which are taken for it. (Nat. from Eu.) 
Chenopodium hybridum, Z. (MapLe-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT.) 
Frequent. Both the small form and the large are with an extensive 
spreading panicle of flowers. (Nat. from Eu.) 
Chenopodium Botrys, Z. (JerusaALEM Oak; AMBROSIA.) 
A garden plant or weed, often seen in yards; Lynn, 1879 (H. A. 
Young), etc. (Adv. from Eu.) 
