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Lilium.

Lily. Canadense, L. Canadian lily.

Laurus. Laurel, or Bay tree. Sassafras, L. Common.

Flowers yellow; berries blue. The wood is light, but durable. Its medical properties are well known.

Liriodendron. Tulip-tree. Tulipifera, L. White wood, or white poplar.

Leontodon.

Dandelion.

Taraxacum, L.

Common.

Flowers yellow.

Lythrum. Willow Herb. Hyssopifolia, L. Hyssop-leaved willow-herb.

Lysimachia. Lysimachia. Ciliata, L. Ciliated.

Malus. Coronaria, L. Crab apple tree.

Melissa. Balm. Species not determined.

Mespilus. Medlar. Canadensis, L. Canadian medlar.

Fruit black-of an agreeable taste.

Melia. Bead-tree. Azadriachta, L. Common bead tree, or pride of China.

Monarda.

Monarda, or Mountain Mint. Punctata, L. Yellow-flowered horse or mountain mint.

Flowers yellow, punctated.

Malva. Mallow. Rotundifolia, L. Roundleaved mallow.

Small white flowers.

Magnolia. Magnolia. Glauca, L. Swamp magnolia, or beaver-tree.

Nepeta. Catmint, or Catnep. Cataria, L. Common cat mint.

White flowers-medicinal.

Nymphor. Water Lily. Advena, Ail. Striped-flowered water lily.

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Corniculata, M. Procumbent sorrel.

Yellow flowers.

Pontederia. Pontederia. Cordata, L. Heart-leaved pontederia.

Potamogeton. Pond Weed. Perfoliatum, L.

Perfoliated pond weed.

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Podalyria.

Pothos.

Wild Indigo. Tinctoria, M.

Dyer's wild indigo.

Pothos, Foetida, Ait. Skunkweed, or skunk-cabbage.

Polygonum. Persicaria. Convolvulus, L. Blackbind weed.-Persicaria, L. Spotted, or lady's thumb.

Rose-coloured flowers; leaves marked with a black

crescent.

Prunella. Self-heal.

Vulgaris, L. Com

mon self-heal.

Flowers violet purple colour.

Phlox. Lychneida. Latifolia, M. Broadleaved phlox, or lychneida.-Subulata, M. Awl-shaped.

Podophyllum. Duck's Foot, or May Apple.-Peltatum, L. Peltated May-apple. Flowers white. The fruit, of the size of a plum, is eatable. The root is sometimes used as an emetic.

Pyrus. Pear, or Apple. Malus angustifolia, L. Narrow-leaved apple tree. The fruit is employed as a preserve.

Quercus. Oak. Phellos, L. Willow-leaved. -Prinus. Chincapin, M. Small chesnut.— Ferruginea, M. Black Jack, or barren oak. The wood of the first is very inferior to that of the other species. The two last mentioned are mere shrubs, and employed for fuel.

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Rhus. Sumach. Toxicodendron, L. Poison oak, or poison vine.-Vernix, L. Poison ash, or varnish tree.

The touch of this shrub creates fever, accompanied with an eruption over the whole body, which is more

or less violent according to the temperament of the individual. The varnish-tree derives its name from the varnish for wood which is extracted from its juice.

Rumex. Dock. Acetolessa, L. Sheep sorrel dock.

Rubus. Bramble. Odoratus, L. Canadian raspberry.

Flowers rose-coloured. Berries of a fine colour.

Scirpus. Club Rush. Maritimus macrostachius, M. Large spiked club-rush. Lacustris, L. Bull-rush.

Sisyrinchium. Sisyrinchium. Mucronatum, L. Sharp-pointed sisyrinchium, or blueeyed grass.-Bermudiana, L. Bermudian.

Flowers of a fine blue colour.

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Flowers of a pale blue colour.

Stylosanthes. Hispida, M.

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