KLOKA or THK Cl'I'KK srs(,)r KM ANN A. 17 



banks, especially open, upland woods. Infrequent, Lucy. Not 

 common, Harbour. Common, l-enno. Abundant, Cliite. Scarce, 

 Cirai'i's. Not reported from Delaware county. Fhns-ers white 

 the petals fringed. A beautiful plant. July. 



S. vulgaris (MoL-nch) Garcke. Hi-adhkk Camtion. Rare. Some 

 times escapes from cultivation. Scarce, Graces. Rare, Brown. 

 Occasional, Clittc. It is said that the young shoots and leaves 

 may be used as a substitute for asparagus. ( S. Cucjibalus 

 Wil)el. ) 



S. antirrhina L. Si,i:ki'v Cat(Iiii,\". Infrequent. Along the 

 railroad, Ashland, Chemung county, Lucy. 



S. antirrhina divaricata Robinson. Rare. Plants found on a 

 dry wixxled slope near Binghamton in 1896 were identified as 

 this sub-species at the Harvard Herbarium, Clute. 



S. noctiflora L. Ni<;ht-Flowerin«; Catciiilv. Somewhat rare. 

 Reported from their localities by Coville, Litcv, Grai'es and 

 Clute. 



LYCHNIS L. 



L. Chalcedonica L. Maltese Cross. ScakletLvchms. Occa- 

 sional. Lucy. 



L. dioica L. Red Lvciims. wScarce; in dry soil, Graves. {L. 

 diur7ia Sibth. ) 



AGROSTEMMA L. 



A. Qithago L. Corn Cockle. Woolly Pink. Rose Cami'ion. 

 Not common. In grain fields and occasionally in waste places. 

 Not reported from Delaware county. {Lychnis Githas^o Lam.) 



ARE N ARIA L. 



A. serpyllifolia L. Tiivme-leaved Sandwort. Unequally dis- 

 tributed. Reported common by ILoy, Clute and L^ucy ; scarce, 

 Coville. Not noted elsewhere. An interesting little plant in- 

 habiting dry, sandy .soils. Stems, much branched, six inches 

 high; leaves, minute, ovate, ciliate; flowers, numerous, white. 

 June. July. 



A. lateriflora L. Lateral-elowered Sandwort. Common at 

 Say re, Barbotir. Tolerably common at Kirkwood and Willow 

 Point, Clute. Scarce, Graves. Not noted elsewhere. May. 

 June. 



