No. 14.] FLOWERING PLAXTS AND FERNS. 1 73 



AIZOACEAE. CARPET WEED FAMILY. 



MOLLUGO L. Indian Chickweed. 

 Mollugo verticillata L. (whorled). 

 Carpet Weed. Indian Chickweed. 



Common. Waste places, roadsides, cultivated ground and 

 on coastal beaches. June — Oct. Naturalized from the 

 warmer parts of America. 



Sometimes a troublesome weed. 



TETRAGONIA L. 

 Tetragonia expansa Murr. (spread out). 

 New Zealand Spinach. 



Local. Waste ground : Hartford, where hundreds of 

 plants were growing in one locality (H. S. Clark), Fairfield 

 (Fames). Sept. Fugitive from Eastern Asia or New 

 Zealand. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE. PINK FAMILY. 



SPERGULARIA J. & C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. 



Spergularia rubra (L.) J. & C. Presl (red). 

 Buda rubra Dumort. 

 Tissa rubra Britton. 

 Sand Spurrey. Sandwort. 



Frequent, especially near the coast. Dry, sandy or 

 gravelly roadsides, paths and waste places. June — Sept. 



Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. (of the sea). 

 Buda marina Gray's Manual ed. 6. 

 Tissa marina Britton. 

 Salt Marsh Sand Spurrey. Seaside Sandwort or Spurrey. 



Common on coastal shores and borders of salt marshes. 

 June — Aug. Medicinal. 



SPERGULA L. Spurrey. 

 Spergula arvensis L. (of cultivated ground). 



Corn, Sand or Common Spurrey. Tares. Cow-quake. Sand- 

 weed. Beggar-weed. 



Rare or local. Roadsides, waste places and cultivated 

 ground throughout. June — Nov. Naturalized from Europe. 



