MIDDLESEX FLORA. 17 



PARONYCHI/E. WHITLOW-WORT FAMILY. 



ANYCHIA, 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. 



FICOIDE^. 



MOLLUGO, L. 

 M. VERTICILLATA, L. CARPET- WEED. 



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



PORTULACACE^E. PURSLANE FAMILY. 



PORTULACA, Tourn. 



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



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



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

 P. pilosa, L. 



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



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



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



CLAYTONIA, 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. 



MALVACE/E. MALLOW FAMILY. 

 MALVA, L. 



M. ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. MALLOW. 



Common. June-Sept. Nat. from Eu. 



