17 PKELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



rarer than L. medium, at least about New York. Ballast at Camden, 



C. F. Parker, and at Communipaw, W. M. Wolfe. Eu. 



Spergula, L Spurrey. 



S. arvensis, L. Corn Spurrey. Occasional in cultivated fields and 

 in ballast. Adv. Eu. 



PARONYCHIA. 



Anychia, Michx Forked Chickweed. 



A. dichotoma, Michx. Forked Chickweed. Common throughout. 



Scleranthus, L Knawel. 



S. annuus, L. Annual Knawel. Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



PORTULACACEiE. 



Portulaca, Tourn Purslane. 



P. oleracea, L. Common Purslane. Cultivated and waste grounds. 

 Common throughout. Nat. Eu. 



Claytonia, L Spring Beauty. 



O. Virginica, L. Virginian Spring Beauty. Common in the middle 

 and northern counties. Banks of the Delaware, Camden, C. F. 

 Parker; near Keyport, R. W. Brown ; near New Egypt, Ocean Co., P. 



D. Knieskern. 



ELATINACEA. 



Elatine, L Water-wort. 



E. Americana, Arnott. American Water-Wort. Not common. 

 Banks of the Passaic, T. F. Allen ; tidal mud, Delaware river at Cam- 

 den, C. F. Parker; Lake Hopatcong, Morris Co., T. C. Porter. 



HYPERICAOEA. 



Ascyrum, L St. Peter's-wort. 



A. stans, Michx. Erect St. Peter's-wort. Damp places in the 

 southern counties ; abundant in the pine barrens, and confined to 

 the area of the Yellow Drift. 



A. Crux-andreae, L. St. Andrew's Cross. Southern counties, with 

 the same general distribution as the last species. Also at Bergen 

 Point, W. H. Leggett. 



