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C. arveuse, L. Field Chicbweed. 



Frequent, or common, thvoui,'h the north half of the state andsoulhwestward ; rare 

 southeastward. 



SAGINA, L. Pearlwort. 



S. nodosa, E. Meyer. Pearlwort 



North shore of lake Superior, doubtless in Minnesota ; Isle Royale, Whitney; island 

 of St. Ignace, Macnun. 



PARONYCHIE.E. Whitlow-wort Family. 



ANYCHIA, Michx. Whitlow-wort. Nailwort. 



A. <licliotoiua, Mich.x:. Forked Chickweed. Whitlow-wort. 

 Lapham. Infrequent. 



FICOIDE.E. Ice Plant Family. 



MOLLUGO, L. Indian-Chickweed. 



M. verticillata, L. Carp ,'t- weed. 



Common, or frequent, southward. Exposed rocks and sandy field*:, St. Croix river. 

 Parry; abundant in Hennepin county on saady river-bauks, appearing indigenous, 

 Rohci-ts. 



PORTULACACE.E. Purslane Family. 



PORTULACA, Tourn. Purslane. 



P. oleracea. L. Common Piirslnne. "Pitsleij.'" 

 A very common garden weed . 



P. retlisa, Engelm.* Western Purslane. 



Upper Minnesota river. Parry, Yellow Medicine county, UpJuim-^ upper Missis- 

 sippi river, Garrison, (Surely indigenous ; yet possibly to be referred to the foregoing 

 species.) West. 



TALINUM, Adans. Taltx\um. 



T. teretifoliuni, Parsh. Talinum. 



Rare, occurring only on ledges of rock (trap, syenite, granite and quartzite); absent 

 far northward. Taylor's Falls(of St. Croix river), Houghton, Mi^s Field; Duluth, itfiVx 

 Cathcart] Watab, Benton county, and at numerous places in Stearns and Morrison 

 counties, Upham-^ upper Minnesota river. Parry, Redwood Falls, J/(S8 Butler; "plen- 

 tiful on most of the ledges In Rock and Pipestone counties (a handsome little plant, 

 extremely easy of cultivation),'' LeHniii. 



*Portulaca ketusa, Eiigelm. Like P. nlcracca.L., but greener, and the stem 

 more ascending, sometimes covering a space several feet in diameter ; leaves usually 

 smaller than the common species; sepals obtuse, broadly cariuate -winged ; petals 

 yellow ; stigmas 3 or 4 ; capsule 2'.; to 3 lines long, broader in proportion ; seeds more 

 strongly tuberculate than in P. o?'yv((ea. Bracer and Watson's Botany of California. 



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