MICHIGAN FLORA. 



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SCLERANTHUS 

 Knawei. 162. annuus, L. 



Lansing (!); naturalized on the Agrl. College grounds. 



Purslane. 



Pustley. 



Spring Beauty. 

 Claytonia. 



PORTTJLACACEuE. 



(Purslane Family.) 



PORTULACA 



163. oleracea, L. (***) 



Very tenacious of life— a vile weed in gardoma. 

 CLAYTONIA 



164. Virginica, L. 



An early and very pretty spring flower. 



Very com. 



Th. 



Common. 



MALVACEAE. 



Common 

 Mallow. 



High M. 

 Curled M. 



Musk M. 

 Mallow. 



Sida. 



Indian Mai- 

 low Velvet- 

 leaf. 



Swamp Rose- 

 Mallow. 



Bladder Ket 

 mia. 



(Mallow Family.) 



MALVA 



165. rotundifolia, L. (***) 



166. sylvestris, L. (***) 



167. crispa, Gr. 



Dr. Clark. 



168. moschata, L. 



169. Alcea, L. 



Lansing (!); adventive on College grounds. 

 SIDA 



170. Napaea, Cav. 



Kalamazoo, R. R. track. 

 ABUTILON 



171. Avicennce, Gcert. 



L. P. 



Common. 



L. P. 



Occasional. 

 Infrequent. 



L. P. 



Not rare. 



s. 



Rare. 



c. & s. 



Roadsides and river banks. Very common in places, and, along with 

 Datura stramonium, forming regular thickets. Sometimes cultivated, 

 but rather to be cast out as a bad weed. 



HIBISCUS 



172. Moscheutos, L. 



C. & S. 



Flint; and Put-in Bav, Lake Erie. (!) This plant, Ion* neglected, is worthy 

 of cultivation. It 'is four feet high, with velvety leaves and beautiful 

 light rose-colored flowers, six inches in diameter. 



173. Trionum, L. 



S.— Dr. Wright; Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat.; and Flint. 



c. &. s. 



Bar..'. 



Basswood 

 Linden. 



TILIA 



174. 



TILIACEjE. 



(Linden Family.) 



Americana, L. ^-' K 



Abundant in C. & S., common in Emmet Co. (!), and frequent in U. P., 

 "especially in Ontonagon Valley. "-Whitney Cat. A valuable timber 

 tree, often' planted forornament, and murh Bought in flowering time 

 bv bees for its copious nectar, which makes the finest honey Basswood 

 lumber le much used in cabinet work for boxes, shelves, fc., whenever 

 a wood is desired which is soft and easily worked, and, at the bamo 

 time, tough and not liable to split. 



