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Polygonella articulata (L.) Meisn. Coast jointweed. In sandy open 

 ground throughout. Often abundant. 



CHENOPODIACEAE. Goosefoot Family 



Chenpodium capitalum (L.) Asch. Strawberry blite. Open ground 

 near Eckerman. Apparently infrequent. 



Chenopodium album L. Lamb's quarters. Pigweed. Only as a wi 

 in cultivated grounds and apparently not abundant. 



Atriplex patula hastata (L.) Gray. Halbard-leaved orache. Occasional 

 as a weed about farm buildings and in streets of villages. 



Atriplex paiula littoralis (L.) Gray. Shore orache. Streets of Detour. 

 Apparently infrequent. 



Salsola kali tenuifolia G. F. W. Mey. Russian thistle. Occasional 

 about farm buildings in and about Sault Ste. Marie. 



AMARANTHACEAE. Amaranth Family 



Amaranthus retroflexis L. Amaranth pigweed. In cultivated and 

 waste grounds throughout but seldom abundant. 



Amaranthus graecizans L. Tumbleweed. In cultivated grounds. Xot 

 abundant. 



Amaranthus blitoides Wats. Prostrate amaranth. Only as a weed 

 about villages and not abundant. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family 



Phytolacca decandra L. Pokeweed. Pigeon berry. Noticed by T. L. 

 Hankinson, ichthyologist, near Vermilion. Very probably an escape 

 from cultivation. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Pink Family 



Spergula arvensis L. Corn spurrey. Along roads and in clearings 

 north of Eckerman. Plentiful. 



Stellaria borealis Bigel. Northern stitchwort. Open damp places in 

 tamarack-black spruce swamps near Vermilion. Abundant. 



Stellaria longi folia Muhl. Long-leaved stitchwort. Damp open 

 places throughout. Frequent. 



Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill. Common chickweed. A weed in \\;t 

 places and cultivated grounds but seldom abundant. 



Cerastium vulgatum L. Common mouse-ear chickweed. In cult ivat e< 1 

 grounds but seldom abundant. 



Lychnis alba Mill. White campion. Occasional about farm buildings 

 and in waste places as a weed. 



