17 PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



rarer than L. medium, at least about New York. Ballast at Camden, 

 C. F. Parker, and at Communipaw, W. M. Wolfe. Eu. 



Spergula, L ............. SPURREY. 



S. arvensis, L. Corn Spurrey. Occasional in cultivated fields and 

 in ballast. Adv. Eu. 



Anychia, Michx ....... FORKED CHICKWEED. 



A. dichotoma, Michx. Forked duckweed. Common throughout. 



Scleranthus, L ........... KNAWEL. 



S. annuus, L. Annual Knawel. Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



PORTULACACE^E. 



Portulaca, Tourn .......... PURSLANE. 



P. oleracea, L. Common Purslane. Cultivated and waste grounds. 

 Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



Claytonia, L .......... SPRING BEAUTY. 



C. Virginica, L. Virginian Spring Beauty. Common in the middle 

 and northern counties. Banks of the Delaware, Camden, C. F. 

 Parker; near Keyport, R. W. Brown ; near New Egypt, Ocean Co., P. 

 D. Knieskern. 



Elatine, L ........... WATER-WORT. 



E. Americana, Arnott. American Water-Wort. Not common. 

 Banks of the Passaic, T. F. Allen ; tidal mud, Delaware river at Cam- 

 den, C. F. Parker; Lake Hopatcong, Morris Co., T. C. Porter. 



HYPERICACE^]. 



Ascyrum, L ......... ST. PETER'S-WORT. 



A. stans, Michx. Erect St. Peter's-wort. Damp places in the 

 southern counties; abundant in the pine barrens, and confined to 

 the area of the Yellow Drift. 



A. Crux-andrere, L. St. Andrew's Cross. Southern counties, with 

 the same general distribution as the last species. Also at Bergen 

 Point, W. H. Leggett. 



