Paronychia CARYOPHYLLACEAE Corrigiola 



Infrequent in dry woods of the Piedmont, and in dry sandy soil 

 of the Coastal Plain, southward at least to Sussex County. Mid- 

 June to August. 



P. fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald. (Anychia polygonoides Raf.) 



Infrequent in dry woods, Piedmont, and southward on the 

 Coastal Plain. Late June to October. 



Var. paleacea Fernald. See Rhodora 38, 418-421. 1936. 



Rare: TYPE collection, Mt. Cuba (NC), Commons, 30 July 

 1875 (0, A). 



Spergularia J. & C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. 



S. rubra (L.) J. & C. Presl. 



Infrequent in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain. June. 



S. marina (L.) Griseb. (Including S. salina Presl.) 



Frequent on salt or brackish sands of sea beaches and estuaries. 

 Early June to September. .) ^' . 



Spergula L. Spurrey. 

 S. arvensis L. 



Rare weed in cultivated ground: fields, Farnhurst (NC), Com- 

 mons, 2 June 1868 (A); 2 mi. n. w. of Capeville (No), R. R. Tatnall, 

 2619, 2 June 1935 (T, G, P). May, early June. Nat. from Europe. 



Sagina L. Pearlwort. 



S. decumbens (Ell.) T. & G. 



Frequent; dry, sandy roadsides and woods, chiefly on the 

 Coastal Plain. May, June. 



S. procumbens L. 



Common in crevices of brick sidewalks in Wilmington; occasional 

 on borders of salt marshes: Lgwe§J^S), Commons, 4 Aug. 1898 (A); 

 2 mi. n. w. of Woodland Beach (K), Larsen, 528, 21 June 1934 (P). 

 Mid-May, June. 



Corrigiola L. 

 C. littoralis L. 



One collection: on ballast of old railroad at east end of Vienna 

 bridge (Wi), 2% mi. w. of Mardela Springs, R. R. Tatnall, 4585, 2 

 Aug. 1940 (T, A, G). A waif from Europe. 



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