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CORISPERMUM L. 



919. C. hyssopifolium L. Bug-seed. Frankfort, C. A. Davis; Detroit, O. A. Far- 

 well; S. Haven, L. H. Bailey; and northward to L. Superior, along the shores of the 

 Great Lakes. 



SALSOLA L. 



920. S. Tragus L. Russian Thistle. 8. Kali Tragus Moq. Well scattered over 

 the State. 



AMARANTHACEiE J. St. Hil. Amaranth Family. 



AMARANTHUS L. 



*921. A. blitoides S. Wats. Prostrate Amaranth. Lately introduced from the west, 

 spreading rapidly along railroad tracks. 



*922. A. graecizans L. Tumble-weed. A. albus L. Fields and gardens. Frequent. 

 Th. 



923. A. hybridus L. Slender Pigweed. A. hypochondriacus L. A. chlorostachys 



Willd. Scarcely escaped from gardens. Ann Arbor, Miss Clark; Detroit, 0. A. Farwell. 



*924. A. retroflexus L. Rough Pigweed. A common weed in gardens. Th. 



925. A. spinosus L. Spiny Amaranth. Detroit, O. A. Farwell. 



ACNIDA L. 



•926. A. tamariscina concatenata (Moq.) Uline & Bray. Frequent in Grand River 

 Valley; Detroit, 0. A. Farwell. 



*927. A. tamariscina tuberculata (Moq.) Uline & Bray. Low grounds. S. Mich., 



Winch. Cat.; Ionia Co.; Macomb Co. Frequent. C. & S. 



PHYTOLACCACE.E Lindl. Pokeweed Family. 



PHYTOLACCA L. 



*928. P. decandra L. Garget. Poke. Scoke. Pigeon-berry. Fields. Frequent. C. 

 & S. 



NYCTAGINACE^ Lindl. Four-o'clock Family. 



ALLIONIA Loefl. Oxyphabus L'Her. 



929. A. hirsuta Pursh. Hairy Umbrella-wort. Oxybaphus albidus Choisy. Grand 

 Rapids, C. W. Follass. 



*930. A. nyctaginea Michx. Heart-leaved Umbrella-wort. Oxybaphus nyctagineus 

 Sweet. Richmond, W. A. Brotherton. 



AIZOACE^ A. Br. Carpet-weed Family. 



MOLLUGO L. 



931. M. verticillata L. Carpet-weed. Roadsides and sandy fields. Common. C. & S. 



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PORTULACACE.^ Eeichenb. Purslane Family. 



CLAYTONIA L. 



932. C. Caroliniana Michx. Carolina Spring-beauty. Only found in the northern 

 part of the State. Frankfort, E. J. Parker; Mackinac, July, 1888, G. H. Hicks; 

 Keweenaw Co., O. A. Farwell; Alpena, C. A. Davis. 



*933. C. Virginica L. Spring-beauty. An early and very pretty spring flower. Com- 

 mon. Th. 



PORTULACA L. 



934. P. grandiflora Hook. Garden Portulaca. Ypsilanti, Detroit, O. A. Farwell. 

 *935. P. oleracea L. Purslane. Pussley. Very tenacious of life — a vile weed in 

 gardens. Very common. 



