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SARRACENIACE/E. (PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY.) 



Sarraceiiia purpurea, L. (Pitcher-ilant.) 



April and May. Flowers purple. 



Varieties with erect leaves. 



Sarraceiiia rubra, Walt. ( ed-flowered Trumpet.) 



Found in the neighborhood of Rush's. See Map. 



flava, L. (Biscuit. Yellow Trumpets. Watches.) March. 



variolaris, MicllX. {S. lacunosa of Bartram.) Spotted. 



Trumpet-leaf, 30 miles from Wilmington. Scarce. 



PAPAVERACE.K. (POPPY FAMILY.) 



Argenioiie Mexicana, L. (Mexican Poppy.) Introduced. 



April and May. F'lowers yellow and white. Yellow flowers two 

 or three weeks before white. 



Tar. alba. 



8aiif;uinaria Canadensis, L. (Blood-root. Puccoon-root.) 



Not common. March. Flowers white. 



Papaver uubIum, [P. rheas,) Dr. McRee, Rocky Point. 



Cultivated fields. Adventive. 



FUMARIACE.*:. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



Corydalis aurea, Willd. March and April. Flowers yellow. 



niicrantlia. Dr. A. Havard. Smithville. 



CRUCIFER/E. ^MUSTARD FAMILY.) 



('ardamiue rlioniboidea, D. C. (Spring Cress) Dr. McRee. 



Rocky Point. April and May. Flowers white. 



Iiirsuta, L. (Bitter Cress.) 



Cakile maratima. Scop. (Sea Kale.) On the sea beach. 



May — August. Flowers pale purple. 



Sisymbrium Thaliana, Gaud. (Mouse-ear Cress.) 



March and April. Flowers While. 



cauescens, Nutt. (Tansy Mustard.) 



March and April. Flowers small greenish while. 



officinale, Scop. (Hedge Mustard.) Introduced. 



May and June. Flowers pale yellow. 



Draba verna, L. (Whitlow Grass.) Flowers small wliite. 



Caroliuiana, Walt. February — April. Flowers white. 



Senebiera pinnatiflda, I). C. (Wart Cress. Swine Cress.) 



March — May. 



Lepidiuni Virginicum, L. (Wild Pepper-grass.) 



March — June. Very common. 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris, Mwncll. (Shepherd's Purse.) Introduced. 



March — June. Flowers white. 



