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terminal, cluster. June. From Arctic America, along the coast, 

 to N. J. and Virginia. Fig. 454. 



455. Forked Chickweed. Anychia canadensis. {Corrigiol- 

 accac.) A slender annual weed with repeatedly forking slen- 

 der stems, usually about 9 in. high. Leaves about ^ in. 

 long, but much reduced in size towards the top of the plant. 

 Flowers very small, greenish-white, stalkless and mostly soli- 

 tary at the upper leaf joints. June-August. In dry places. 

 Ontario to Georgia, and westward. Fig. 455. A related 

 species, A. polygonoides, is shorter, has smaller hairy leaves, 

 and is found in similar places from Maine to Florida, and 

 westward. 



456. White Campion. Lychnis alba. (Caryophyllaceae.) Re- 

 lated to No. 422 (see illustration), but with petals less deeply 

 notched, and white, the pod much swollen in maturity. A 

 weed of waste places. Nova Scotia and Ontario to N. Y. 

 and Penn. July. See No. 420. 



457. Chickweed. Ccrastimn arvcnsc. {Alsinaccac.) A low 

 weedy plant with opposite, stalkless, narrow leaves, which 

 are pointed and about ^)4 in. long. Flowers ^ in. wide, in a 

 loose open cluster, white, the 5 petals notched about Y^ their 

 length. In dry places. Labrador to Georgia, and westward. 

 May-July. Fig. 457. There are several other species, some 

 European weeds, and all looking superficially much alike. 

 One of the commonest is C. vidgatum, which is hairy and 

 found throughout North America. 



