SPERMATOPHYTA. 43 



PHYTOLACCACE^: (POKEWEED FAMILY). 



Phytolacca (Tourn.) L. Pokeweed. 

 decandra L. Pigeon Berry. 



Common in various situations. 



ILLECEBRACE.E (KNOTWEED FAMILY). 



Scleranthus L. Knawel. 



annuus L. 



Worcester. Mr. John Coulson. 

 Anychia Michx. Forked Chickweed. 



canadensis (L.) BSP. In open grounds. 



AIZOACE.E. 



Mollugo L. Indian Chickweed. 

 verticillata L. Carpet Weed. 



In waste grounds, very common. 



CARYOPHYLLACE.E (PINK FAMILY). 



Spergularia J. and C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. 

 rubra (L.) J. and C. Presl. Sand Spurrey. 



By roadsides, in dry soil. 

 Spergula L. Spurrey. 



arvensis L. Corn Spurrey. In fields and waste places. 

 Sagina L. Pearlwort. 



procumbens L. In moist pastures. 



Arenaria L. Sandwort. 



lateriflora L. In moist places, not rare, 



serpyllifolia L. Thyme-leaved Sandwort. 



Southbridge. Mr. R. M. Harper. In dry places, 



groenlandica (Retz) Spreng. Mountain Sandwort. 

 Ashburnham. Prof. J. E. Vose. 



