MIDDLESEX FLORA. 17 



PARONYCHI.^. WHITLOW-WORT FAMILY. 



Antchia, Michx. 



A. capillacea, DC. (A. dichotoma of Man., in part.) 

 Lexington (Dr. C. W. Swan) ; et al. July. 



SCLERANTHUS, L. 



S. annuus, L. Knawel. 

 Common. June-July. 



FICOIDEy^. 



MOLLUGO, L. 

 M. VERTICILLATA, L. CARPET-WEED. 



A very common weed. June-Sept. Nat. from the South. 

 PORTULACACEy^. PURSLANE FAMILY. 



PORTULACA, Toiiru. 



P. OLERACEA, L. PURSLANE; the " Pusley" of the farmer. 



In cultivated land everywhere. Still used to some extent as " table 



greens." July-Sept. Xat. from Eu. 

 P. pilosa, L. 



Lowell, escaped (Dr. C. W. Swan). Int. from the South. 



" Leaves linear, obtuse, with a tuft of hairs in the axils ; flowers 



purple ; stamens about 20." Chapman's S. Fl. 



Clattonia, L. Spring Beauty. 



*C. Virginica, L. 



Concord, introduced from Indiana by Minot Pratt. April-May. 

 C. Caroliniana, Michx. 



Ashby (E. Adams Hartwell). The Concord plant was introduced 



from Vermont by Minot Pratt. April-May. 



MALVACEy^. MALLOW FAMILY. 



Malva, L. 



m. rotundifolia, l. mallow. 

 Common. June-Sept. Nat. from Eu. 



