42 CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



C. Gronovii, Willd. Damp meadow borders, not rare. 

 C. compacta, Juss. Pines. (Canby.) 



C. glomerata, Choisy. On Compositae, not rare. 



Order 76. SOLANACEiE. Nightshade Family. 

 Solanum, Tourn. (Nightshade.) 



S. Dulcamara, L. Around dwellings, Princeton and Hightstown. 

 S. nigrum, L. Cultivated fields near dwellings, not rare. 

 S. Carolinense, L. Phillipsburg. (Porter) 



Physalis, L. (Ground Cherry.) 



P. viscosa, L. Fields and road-sides, not rare. 



Hyoscyamus, Tourn. (Henbane.) 

 H. niger, L. W. (Knighton.) 



Datura, L. (Jamestown-Weed — Thorn Apple.) 



D. Stramonium, L. (Jimson-Weed — Simon Pumpkin — Jamestown- 

 weed — Thorn-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. 



Order 77. GENTIANACE2E. Gentian Family. 

 Sabbatia, Adans. (American Centaury.) 



S. lanceolata, Torr. and Gray. Pine barrens, O., common. 



S. angularis, Pursh. Dry grounds, M. 



S. stellaris, Pursh. Borders of salt marshes, Mid., M., and 0., com- 

 mon. 



S. chloroides, Pursh. Salt marshes, not rare. 



Gentiana, L. (Gentian.) 



A very pretty genus ; plants growing in damp grounds. G. crinita and 

 G. quinqueflora, grow sparingly in M. and Mer. 



G. quinqueflora, Lam. Damp grounds, Freehold and Hightstown. 



G. crinita, Frcel. Wet places, Hightstown and Freehold and W. 

 (Knighton.) 



G. alba, Muhl. Hunterdon. (Knighton.) 



G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Shark River, not rare. 



G. Saponaria, L. Shark River, M., Freehold, Mer., Hightstown. 



G. angustifolia, Michx. Damp soil, very rare. 



Bartonia, Muhl 



B. tenella, Muhl. Moist, open places, not rare. 







