138 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
Polygonum persicaria L. Ladies’ Thumb. 
Open damp pastures and fields. June-October. 
Polygonum cristatum Engelm. 
Over the state. 
POLYGONELLA Michx. Joint Weed. 
Polygonella polygama Gray (P. parvifolia Michx.). 
Dry sands along the coast. Cat Island. October. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Polygonella gracilis Nees. (Polygonum gracile Nutt.). 
Littoral; Coastal Islands (Tracy). 
Polygonella Americana Small (P. ericoides Engelm. & Gray.) 
Sandy soil. Southern Hinds Co. August. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
BRUNNICHIA. Banks. 
Brunnichia cirrhosa Banks. Ladies’ Ear Drops. 
Common on stream banks. Grenada; Winona; Jackson 
July-August. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
CHENOPODIACEAE. Goosefoot Family. 
CHENOPODIUM lL. Pigweed. 
Chenopodium album L. Lamb’s Quarter. 
In gardens and fields throughout the state. A common 
weed. 
Chenopodium ambrosicdes L. 
Ruderal throughout the State. July-September. 
ATRIPLEX L. Orache. 
Atriplex cristata H. B. K. 
Coastal Isiands, Door Point. Spring to fall. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
