86 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Method of Natural 
Botanical name Common name introduction Locality distribution 
Polygonum cuspidatum....Japanese 
knotweed ............. cece ees Near Allenton, 
MO. wees ae a oO 
Saponaria officinalis...... BOUNOINE Bet. eikies soa bai wes ewes Near old dwell- 
: ings, along 
roadsides ..... Europe 
Tanacetum vulgare....... WOES: Sees ocaent ine Chee sai Near old dwell- 
ings, along 
roadsides ..... Europe 
Vinca minor............. OTA WADBIC: 96.0 5,0.s,9:0-29 0 og eas Saale Near old dwell- 
ings, along 
roadsides ..... Europe 
AGRICULTURAL ESCAPES, NATIVE 
Wave? sCOparia...... 2. cece Pointed broom 
sedge ......... Wath BPOIN os so chs ah cee esse ees Me. to Fla. 
and Col. 
Conobea multifida.........Conobea ........ With grain and 
AY sca hake bso See wala Ont. to Kan. 
and south 
Hordeum jubatum........ Baquirrel-tail grasaWith grain ici. cic scissors ks Ont. south 
to Kan.,, 
Col. and 
Cal. 
Panicum dichotomiflorum.Spreading 
panicum ...... WAC BPOIN 6 ice inne << dialed Oxia e eaS Me. to Neb. 
and south 
Tripsacum dactyloides.....Gama grass......With hay and 
STAIR 6666 60s Keres wee eee ee ee Conn. to Tex., 
north to 
Ill. and Mo. 
AGRICULTURAL ESCAPES, EXOTIC 
Abutilon Theophrasti..... Velvet leaf.......With grain....... Waste places.....Asia 
Agrostig alda...........0. Re: COD ss ss 0s0e AS @ AWN BLASS... ... eee eee eee ee Europe 
Agrostemma Githago......Corn cockle...... With grain....... Waste places..... —— 
sia 
Allium vineale..........0.% Wild garlic...... With grain....... Troublesome weed 
in fields and 
meadows ...... Europe 
*Thoroughly established in a plum thicket since 1901, when it was found by Prof. 
G. W. Letterman. Evidently from seeds carried by birds from the Missouri Botanical 
Garden, the only place locally where this plant was then growing. 
