
          38. Glechoma hederacea. C.      Glechoma hederacea. Ground Ivy.
39. Asplenium [crossed out: illegible] scolopendrum [Asplenium scolopendrium]. D.     Asplenium scolopendrum [Asplenium scolopendrium]. Hart's
tongue.
This Asplenium is an exotic, but  it is impossible to point
out the native one that may have been used improperly under this name.

40. Veratrum album. D.                Veratrum album. Hellebore alba.
The Veratrum album is a native of various parts of Europe, but 
has not been found, even in a state of cultivation, that we know 
of, in any part of the United States. But we have a native one
bearing a considerable resemblance to it, the Veratrum viride, 
which is probably the plant that Henry has seen. The description
has, according to custom, been borrowed with such alterations as were
calculated to serve for a disguise: for example, instead of saying that
"the flowers are both hermaphrodite and male" our botanist, who at
this business [crossed out: displays] of deception displays the most sagacity, terms
them besexual [bisexual]!

41. Conium maculatum. B.         Conium maculatum. Hemlock.
42. Centaurea benedicta. A.       Cardus benedictus. Holy thistle.
43. Marrubium vulgare. B.          Marrubium vulgare. Horehound.
44. Humulus lupulus. C.              Humulus lupulus. Hop.    
45. Cochlearia armoracia. A.     Cochlearia armoracia. Horse radish.
46. Arum maculatum. D.            Arum maculatum. Indian turnip. 
Here we have another example of the dexterity of the N. [New] York botanist
in dignifying a native plant with a foreign name, and
helping himself out with a description as usual. The engraving is 
evidently coppied [copied] from Woodville, but upon a rather smaller 
scale. The root is omitted, which differs very materially from 
that of our "Indian turnip," the Arum triphyllum, which 
we suppose must be the plant he means.

47. Juniperus communis. C.     Juniperus communis. Juniper.
48. Lactuca virosa. D.                 Lactuca virosa. Lettuce, wild.
This Lactuca virosa we presume is the Sonchus oleraceus, as the 
former is not found indigenous.

49. Polypodium vulgare. C.        Polipodium vulgare. Male fern.
The Polypodium vulgare of Europe and America may be the same, 
but there is no identifying this wretched engraving with any 
known American species. It is very unlike the vulgare, and if 
it be a Polypodium, is probably a different species. We have passed
over at page 28 what the author calls, scientifically, polypody
silix Lin. [Linné] elegantly struck off on the same plate, and of course
equally obscure! He says it is of the fan specie; but as this fan
is a new genus requiring further demonstration, we shall not
puzzle ourselves any longer about it.

50. Imperatoria ostruthium. D.    Imperatoria ostruthium. Masterwort.
[crossed out: illegible] [added: With all due deference to our genuine investigator of indigenous plants] neither the Imperatoria ostruthium nor a single plant 
belonging to the genus Imperatoria has yet been found in the United States, but as 
the natural order Umbellatae contains a great many vegetables that bear a 
close resemblance to each other, mistakes may readily be made by those who 
        