80 Order CARYOPHYLLACE4# 
2. Talinum calycinum Engelm. 
In dry soil in the western part of the state. Ft. Robinson; Kennedy; 
Snake river; Valentine. 
2. Claytonia. 385. 
1. Claytonia virginica L. Spring-beauty. 
Frequent in shady woods along the Missouri. Bellevue; Omaha. 
3. Portulaca. 386. 
1. Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. 
A common weed all over the state. Cheyenne county; Hooker 
county; Lincoln; Wahoo; Weeping Water. 
5. AIZOACEZ. 
1. Mollugo. 384. 
1. Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet-weed. 
A common weed over most of the state. Endicott; Hastings; Kear- 
ney; Long Pine; Minden; Mullen; O’Neill; Plainview; Red Cloud. 
6. PHYTOLACCACE2. 
1. Phytolacca. 381. 
1. Phytolacca decandra L. Poke-berry. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Richardson county. 
7. NYCTAGINACEZA. 
Four-o’clock Family. 
Flower cluster subtended by an involucre of united bracts; fruit 
ribbed. 1. Allionia. 
Flower cluster subtended by an involucre of distinct bracts; fruit 
winged. 2. Abronia. 
1. Allionia (Oxybaphus). 382. 
Leaves broad, often cordate, all distinctly petioled. 1. A. nyctaginea. 
Leaves narrower, never cordate, all or at least the upper sessile. 
Leaves ovate to lanceolate. 
Pubescence of long hairs. 2. A. hirsuta. 
Pubescence of short hairs or wanting below the inflorescence. 
3. A. albida. 
Leaves linear. 4, A. linearis. 
1. Allionia nyctaginea Michx. Umbrella-wort. 
Common all over the state. Crete; Fairbury; Gordon; Lincoln; Mul- 
len; Newcastle; Weeping Water; Wood Lake. 
2. Allionia hirsuta Pursh. Hairy Umbrella-wort. 
Common in dry valleys of the sand-hills and on dry hills over the 
rest of the state. Ainsworth; Anselmo; Hat Creek basin; Kearney; 
Lincoln; Long Pine; Minden; Mullen; Thedford. 
3. Allionia albida Walt. Pale Umbrella-wort. 
Garden county. 
4. Allionia linearis Pursh. Narrow-leaved Umbrella-wort. 
Common on dry prairies throughout the state. Alliance; Cedar 
