l82 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBuU. 



PORTULACACEAE. PURSLANE FAMILY. 



CLAYTONIA L. Spring Beauty. 



Claytonia virginica L. 



Spring Beauty. Mayflower. 



Rich moist woods and more open places. Occasional or 

 frequent in the southwestern part of the state ; rare or local 

 elsewhere. April — May. 



Easily cultivated in suitable situations. 



Claytonia caroliniana Michx. 



Spring Beauty. Broad-leaved Spring Beauty. 



Rare or local. Rich moist woods: Middletown (M. 

 Hitchcock), Bristol (W. A. Terry), Barkhamsted (A. E. 

 Blewitt), Torrington (Miss B. A. Parker), New Milford 

 (E. H. Austin), Cornwall (Miss J. T. Gregory), Salisbury 

 (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). Late March — April. 



PORTULACA L. Purslane. 



Portulaca oleracea L. (suitable for a pot-herb). 

 Purslane. Pusley. 



Common. Cultivated and waste ground. June — Sept. 

 Naturalized from the South or from Europe ; now cosmo- 

 politan. 



A bad weed in any cultivated ground, especially in onion 

 fields. Difficult to eradicate because of its tenacity of life, 

 rapid growth and prolific seeding. Excellent as a pot-herb, 

 and some strains are cultivated for this use. 



Portulaca grandiflora Hook, (large-flowered). 



Portulaca. Garden or Showy Portulaca. Wax Pinks. Gar- 

 den or French Purslane. Rose Moss. Sun-plant. 

 Rarely escaped from gardens into waste places: Bridge- 

 port and Norwalk (Fames), Ansonia (Harger). July — Oct. 

 Fugitive from South America. 



CERATOPHYLLACEAE. HORNWORT FAMILY. 



CERATOPHYLLUM L. Hornwort. 



Ceratophyllum demersum L. (submerged). 



Frequent. Ponds, pools and slow streams. June — July. 

 The var. echinatum Gray (prickly) is frequent in the 



