Froelichia AMARANTHAC— CARYOPHYLLAC. Paronychia 



Froelichia Moench. 

 ^ 7' F. floridana (Nutt.) Moq. 



Locally abundant and spreading; dry sandy fields and road- 

 sides, Sussex, Wicomico and Dorchester Counties. Late July to 

 Sept. '/u > ^ 



PHYTOLACCACEAE (Poke Family) 



Phytolacca L. 

 "^ P. americana L. (P. decandra L.) Poke- weed. 



A weed of waste ground and meadows; common throughout. 

 June to Aug. 



NYCT AGIN ACE AE (Four-o'clock Family) 



Oxybaphus L'H6r. 



O. nyctagineus (Mx.) Sweet. 



One collection: roadside bank, 2 mi. s. w. of Queen Anne (Ta), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 3840, 7 June 1938 (T, A, P). Adv. from middle- 

 western U. S. 



AIZOACEAE (Carpet-weed Family) 



Sesuvium L. Sea Purslane. 



S. maritimum (Walt.) BSP. 



Infrequent; in sands of the seashore, Sussex County and south- 

 ward. June to Sept. 



Mollugo L. Carpet-weed. 

 ^ -i-i M. verticillata L. 



Common in city streets and waste ground, and on coastal 

 sands, New Castle County and southward. July to mid-Sept. 



A weed, native of tropical or sub-tropical America. ^x^ / ''/ - ;', 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE (Pink Family) 



Scleranthus L. 

 S. annuus L. Knawel. 



Frequent on the Coastal Plain, in sandy, usually cultivated, soil. 

 May, June. Nat. from Europe. 



Paronychia Adans. Whitlow- wort. 

 P. canadensis (L.) Wood. (Anychia canadensis (L.) BSP. See 

 Fernald: Rhodora 38, 416-42L 1936.) 



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