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PORTULACA 

 P. oleracea, L. Purslane. Garden weed ; common. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE. PINK FAMILY 



AGROSTEMMA 

 A, Githago, L. (Lychnis Githago, Lam.) Corn Cockle. Fields ; occasional. 



ARENARIA. Sandwort 



A. Groenlandica, Spreng. Common on rocks at summits of Mt. Mansfield 

 and Camel's Hump. 



A. lateriflora, L. (Moehringia lateriflora, Fenzl. ) Moist banks and shores ; 

 occasional. 



A. macrophylla, Hook. Abundant on limestone ledges above Proctorsville, 

 Eggleston. 



A. serpyllifolia, L. Dry rocky places ; frequent. 



A. stricta, Michx. (A. Michauxii, Hook, f . ) Cliffs and headlands; occa- 

 sional. 



A. verna, L. var. hirta, Watson. Smuggler's Notch, Pringle. 



CERASTIUM. Mouse-ear Chickweed 



C. arvense, L. Dry rocky places ; occasional. 



C. nutans, Raf. (C. longipedunculatum, Muhl.) Thin soil on ledges, west 

 of the Green Mountains ; occasional. 



C. vuLGATUM, L. Fields ; common. 



DIANTHUS. Pink 



D. Armeria, L. Fields ; Castleton, Ross. 



D. barbatus, L. Sweet William. Garden escape. Rutland, Eggleston ; 

 Stowe, Wild; Manchester, Miss Day. 



D. oeltoides. L. Roadsides and cemeteries ; occasional. 



LYCHNIS 



L. alba, Mill. (L. vespertina, Sibth.) Weed in fields; Peacham, Blanchard; 

 Middlebury, Brainerd ; Clarendon Springs and Rutland, Eggleston. 



L. Chalcedonica, L. Peacham, Blanchard; Barnet, Jesup and Sargent. 



L. Coronaria, L. Rocky pastures ; abundant on Round Mountain, Shrews- 

 bury, Eggleston; Jamaica, Bales. 



L. dioica, L. (L. diurna, Sibth.) Brattleboro, Bates and Jones. 



