No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 13 
Urtica dioica L. Stinging nettle. 
About dwellings and hedgerows throughout the state. 
Common. July. 
Urtica chamaedryoides Pursh. (U. purpurascens Nutt.) 
Pascagoula. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
ADICEA Raf. Clear Weed. 
Adicea pumila, (Pilea pumila Gray.) Clear Weed. 
About shaded boggy springs throughout the state. 
fayette Co.; Hinds Co.; Eastport. 
BOEHMERIA Jacq. 
La- 
Boehmeria cylindrica Willd. (Urtica cylindrica lL.) False 
Nettle. 
Throughout the state in damp boggy woods. 
Co.; Tippah Co.; Hinds Co.; Copiah Co.; Bay St. Louis. July. 
Geol. Survey Herb. Allison Herb. 
Tishomingo 
LORANTHACEAE. Mistletoe Family. 
PHORADENDRON Nutt. Mistletoe. 
Phoradendron flavescens Nutt. (Viscum flavescens Pursh.) 
Throughout the state, growing parasitic upon trees, mostly 
oaks. February. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
SANTALACEAE, Sandalwood Famliy. 
COMANDRA Nutt. 
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. (Thesium umbellatum L.) 
Rare and local in northern counties. In upland oak woods. 
Oxford. June. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
