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A common weed throughout the range, except in the pine- 

 barrens, there rare or wanting. 



3. M. crispa L. In waste places sparingly escaped from gardens: 



N. S. to S. Dak. and Pa. Introduced from Europe and Asia. 

 An occasional escape, especially in N. J., often wanting and 

 hardly persistent. 



4. M. moschata L. In waste places: E. N. Am. Adventive 



from Europe. 



Occasional as a weed, except in the pine-barrens. 



5. M. Alcea L. In waste places occasionally escaped from 



gardens: E. N. Am. Introduced from Europe. 



An occasional escape from gardens, especially near the City of 

 New York. 



M. arvensis Presl. and M. borealis Wallr. have been collected as waifs near New York. 



3. Sida L. 

 1. S. spinosa L. In waste places: Me. to N. J., Mich., Kan., 

 Fla., and Tex. and in Trop. Am. 



Not uncommon as a weed especially in southern N. J. where 

 perhaps native; not definitely known from L. I. 



5. rhombifolia L., 5. angustifolia Juss., S. carpinifolia L. f. and 5 linifolia Cav. have 

 been collected near some of our larger cities. 



4. Abutilon Gaertn. 

 1. A. Abutilon (L.) Rusby. In waste places: common through- 

 out N. Am. Native of southern Asia. 



Common as a weed throughout most of the area, except the pine- 

 barrens, there rare or wanting. 



5. Kosteletzkya Presl. 

 1. K. virginica (L.) A. Gray. In salt or brackish marshes: N. Y. 

 to Fla. and La. 

 N. Y. The marshes along the north shore of L. I., near the western 



end; unknown elsewhere. 

 N. J. Hudson Co., increasing and common southward in coastal 



marshes. 

 Pa. Philadelphia Co., on the Delaware. 



Apparently confined to salt marshes, more common southward 

 than elsewhere. 



