92 Lloyd and Tracy : The insular Flora 



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P. Opelonsamtm Ridd. Ship and Cat Islands. 



P. punctatuvi robustior Small. In wet meadows, South Pass. 



* ? Rumexverticillatus L. On mud lumps. 



Chenopodiaceae 



Atriplex cristata H.B.K. On mud lumps and Breton Island. 



* Chenopodium anthelminticitm L. On ballast grounds, Port 



Eads. 



C. Berlandieri Moq. Common on sandy beaches. 



\Dondia linearis (Ell.) Heller. Common on low, barren sand 

 spits, Breton, Bird and Battledore Islands. 



"\Salicornia ambigua Michx. 



\S. Bigelovii Torr. 



Common on all saline marshes, and often forming the bulk of 

 the vegetation over extensive areas. Both of the species are also 

 found occasionally on wet and rather barren sand just above tide 

 level. 



* -\ Sal sola Kali L. Sand beaches and plains, Breton and Bird 



Islands. 



Amaranthaceae 



Alternanthera philoxeroides Griseb. On ballast ground, Port 

 Eads. 



Amaranthus spinosus L. Occasional near an old house, Cat 

 Island. 



Froelichia Florida na Moq. On dry, sandy knolls, Ship, Cat 

 and Breton Islands. 



Lithophila vermicularis {lata) (L.) Uline. A few plants on shell 

 marsh, Bird Island. 



Tamariscina cone ate nata (Moq.) Uline & Bray. Breton Island 

 and mud lumps. 



T. tuberculoid (Moq.) Uline & Bray. Battledore and Breton 

 Islands. 



Batidaceae 

 Batis maritima L. In all muck marshes or in those with a thm 

 covering of sand. 



Aizoaceae 

 *Mollugo verticillata L. Abundant on dry sand, Cat Island. 



