104 FLORA OF NOVA SCOTIA — LAWSON. 



Truro, in g-raiii fields, common, Di*. G. C. Campbell. Windsor, 

 Dr. How. Halifax, Dr. Somers. Pictoii, A. H. Mackay. 



Spergularia RUBRA, Presl. Sandy and gravelly places. 



Not rare about Halifax. Old Windsor Road, Sackville. 



North Sydney, Cape Breton, Macoun. Windsor, Hants, 

 Dr. How. 



Spergularia salina, Fresl. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. North 

 Sydney, Cape Breton, and Pictou, Macoun. Annapolis, Prof 

 Fowler, Macoun's Cat. 



PORTULACACEiE. 



PoRTULACA oleracea, Linn. Purslane. In cultivated lands, 

 Cornwallis, King's County, an abundant and troublesome weed, 

 introduced from Europe, and now widely spread' over America, 

 especially in the South and West. In France used as a salad, 

 see Report of Secretary for Agriculture, N. S., for 1890. 



Claytonia Caroliniana, Michaux. Debert Mills, Colchester 

 County, Dr. G. C. Campbell. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. Hall's 

 Harl30ur, King's County, and Sherbrooke, Guysborough, Dr. 

 How. Port Mulgrave, Rev. E. H. Ball. 



Claytonia Virginica, Linn. Pictou, A. H. Mackay. Near 

 Truro, Drs. D. A. Campljell and Lindsay. 



MONTIA FONTANA, Linn. Blinks. Named for J. de Monti, an 

 Italian botanist, a small, annual, g'labrous herb, 1 to 5 inches 

 high, flowers minute. In a meadow a little above the first fish- 

 ing stage after crossing the North- West Arm, Halifax, Macoun 

 and Burgess. 



HYPERICACEiE. 



Hypericum ellipticum. Hooker. Wilmot, Annapolis, Dr. 

 How. On the l»orders of ditches in Truro Marsh, Colchester, 

 Dr. G. C. Campl)ell. 



Hypericum perforatum, Linn. Bushy places around Bedford 

 Basin, originally introduced from England, and lia])le to 



