Sing Sing. (Dr. Fisher.)

F. sambucifolia, Lam. (Black Ash.) Much used in the manufacture of strong baskets.

Order 82.-- ASISTCLCCHIACEiE. (Birthwort Family.) Asarum, Tourn. (Wild Ginger.) A. Canadense, L. White Plains.

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Aristolochia, Tourn. Birthwort.

A. serpcntaria, L. (White snake root.) Not common.

A. Sipho, L. Her. (Dutchman's Pipe.) Planted for ornament and escaped, near dwellings. (From south-west.)

Order 81-- PHYTOLACCACEJE. (Pokeweed Family.)

Phytolacca, Tourn. (Pokeweed.)

P. decandra, L. Rich grounds and clearings.

Order 85-- CHENOPODIACFJE. (Goosefoot Family.)

Chenopodium, L. (Pigweed.)

C. album, L. A weed in gardens. (Nat. Eu.) C. urbicum, L. Cultivated grounds. (Nat. Eu.) C. murale, L. Peekskill. (Adv. Eu.) C. hyhridum, L. About dwellings. (Nat. Eu.) C. Botrys, L. West Farms. (Adv. Eu.)

C. ambrosioides, L. Waste grounds about dwellings. (Nat. Trop. America. ) Note. -- The last tujo species are used in medicine as a vermifuge.

Blitum, Tourn.

B. maritimum, Nutt. Rye.

B. Bonus-Henricus, Reichenbach. About dwellings. (Adv. Eu.)

Atriplex, Tourn. (Orache.) A. patula, L.

Var. hastata, Gray. Rye, and coast. A. arenaria, Nutt. Rye, and along the coast.

Salicornia, Tourn. (Glasswort. Samphire.) S. herbacea, L. Rye, and along the coast.

Suaeda, Forskal. (Sea Blite.)

S. maritima, Dumortier, Coasi. Salsola, L. (Saltwort.)

S. Kali, L. Coast of Long Island Sound.

Order SS.-- AMARANTACE.E. (Amaranth Family.) Amarantus, Tourn. (Amaranth.)

A. hypochondriacus, !.. Sing Sing. (Dr. Fisher. Trop. America.) A. paniculatus, L. Sing Sing. (Dr. Fisher. Trop. America.) A. rctroflexus, L. Weed in gardens.

A. albus. L. Wast places near dwellings. (Adv. Trop. America. )