302 PORTULACACEAE 



2. A. tuberculata Moq. Swamps and river shores, or in waste 



places: Que. to N. Dak., south to Ky., La. and Mo. 



Occasional in waste grounds, not known to be native in the area. 



Cladothrix lanuginosa. Nutt., a plant of the Middle West, has been collected as a 

 waif at Jersey City, Comphrena globosa L. and Celosia cristata L. have been found near 

 New York, and C. argentea L. has been found in Montgomery Co., Pa. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE 

 i. Phytolacca L. 

 I. P. decandra L. In various situations: Me. and Ont. to Minn., 

 . Fla. and Tex. Naturalized in Europe. 



Common throughout our range, nearly always as a weed. 



NYCTAGINACEAE 



Mirabilis jalapa L., Allionia nyctaginea Michx., A. albida Walt., A. hirsuta Pursh, 

 Abronia micranlha (Torr.) Chois. and A. linearis Pursh have all been reported as rare 

 adventives. 



AIZOACEAE 



Fleshy sea coast herbs; leaves opposite; capsule circumscissile. I. Sesuvium. 



Not fleshy; leaves in our species verticillate; capsule 3-valved. 2. Mollugo. 



I. Sesuvium L. 

 1. S. maritimum (Walt.) B. S. P. Sands of the seashore: Long 

 Island to Fla. 

 N. Y. The south shore of L. I. near the eastern end. Not reported 



from S. I. nor from the environs of the metropolis. 

 N. J. Along the coast throughout. Not very common. 



2. Mollugo L. 



1. M. verticillata L. In waste and cultivated grounds: N. B. 



and Ont. to Minn., Fla., Tex. and Mex. Native of tropical 



or sub-tropical America. 



Locally common as a weed throughout most parts of the range. 



Trmuthema portulacastrum L. and Telragonia expansa Murr. have both been reported 

 as adventives. Mesembryanthcnutm nodosum L. has been collected as a waif. 



PORTULACACEAE 



Calyx free from the ovary; capsule 3-valved. 



Seeds numerous; stamens 5-00. I. Talinum. 



Seeds not more than 6; stamens 2-5. 2. Claytonia. 



Calyx partly adnate to the ovary; capsule circumscissile. 3. Portulaca. 



