FERGUSON: CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLORA OF LONG ISLAND I9QI 
Oyster Pond, Montauk. 
Smithtown. 
Pine barrens Central Islip. 
Pleuropieris sachalinense Old Field. Sound Avenue, Native 
chmidt of Asia 
Pleuropteris Zuccarini Small Bececs aah established at Laurel 
Hill and Woodside in waste 
ground. Native of Japan 
AMARANTHACEAE. Amaranth Family 
Amaranthus pumilus Raf. Sea beach, Point of Woods. 
CHENOPODIACEAE. Goosefoot Family 
Chenopodium hybridum L. Smithtown, Woods. 
Bassia hirsuta (Linn.) Salt beaches, — Beach. Point 
of Woods. 
Salt marsh, Massapequa. 
This plant impresses one as being native 
Dondia maritima (L) Druce. Marshy salt bear. Cold Spring 
Harbor, 10/2/23. 
Gravelly beach, Lloyd’s Neck, 
10/2/23 
ree ie , Oyster Bay, 10/20/ 
ee iiy beach, Kings Park, 10/ 
13/23. 
linearis (Ell) Heller Sea beach, Kings Park, 10/13/23 
Beach, Eaton’s Neck, 10/13/23 
Beach, Oyster Bay, 10/20/23 
Beach, Northport, 10/13/23 
Salt marsh, Millneck, 10/3/23 
Salt marsh, Merrick, 10/17/23 
Salt marsh, Massapequa, 10/16/23. 
The naming of both species was verified by Mr. Paul C. 
Standley 
The t i species aside from the radical difference in size of 
seed can be distinguished when mature at a glance. D. maritima 
mostly with red stem and dark green leaves as long on the 
branches as on the main stem, and D. linearis with stem mostly 
yellowish; but most striking are the very short leaves of the 
