No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 141 
SESUVIUM UL. Purslane. 
Sesuvium portulacastrum. Sea Purslane. 
Coastal regions and islands. Pascagoula; Door Point, 
Chandeleur Islands. December. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Sesuvium maritimum (Walt.) B.S. P. (S. pentandrum Ell.). 
Salt water pools and marshes along the coast; on sandy 
beaches (Mohr). August. 
PORTULACACEAE. Purslane Family. 
PORTUTDA CAS le: 
Portulaca oleracea L. 
In gardens and cultivated grounds throughout the state. 
May-September. 
CLAYTONIA UL. Spring Beauty. 
Claytonia Virginica L. 
In open woods and pastures. Lafayette Co.; Holmes Co.; 
Oktibbeha Co.; Okolona; New Albany; Shubuta. April- 
* May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
ALCINACEAE. Pink Family. 
SCLERANTHUS. 
Scleranthus annus. 
Coast Islands (Tracy). 
AGROSTEMMA L. 
Agrostemma githago L. 
Waste lands; not common. Oxford. June. 
; SILENE lL. Campion. 
Silene stellata (L.) Ait. Starry Campion. (Cucubalus stellata 
ie 
Rich shaded banks and slopes. More common in the north- 
ern part of the state. Tishomingo Co.; Lafayette Co.; New 
Albany; Ripley; Michigan City; Hatchie Hills; Madison Co. ; 
Waynesboro. July-August. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
