Popular Names of Plants. 367 
Silene cucubalus, snappers. Salem, Mass. 
Silene Armeria, wax-plant. Mansfield, O. 
sweet Susan. N. H. 
none-so-pretty. Hatfield, Mass. 
pretty Nancy. Franklin Center, P. Q. 
Silene noctiffora, gentlemen's hats. Gilsum, N. H. 
Lychnis Githago, old maid’s pink. N. H. 
mullein pink. Annapolis Valley, N. S. 
Lychnis chalcedonica, sweetwilliam. Weathersfield, Vt. ; So. Ohio. 
— fire-balls. Mansfield, O. 
scarlet lightning.’ Hemmingford, P. Q. 
PORTULACACE. 
Portulaca oleracea, pusley. U. S. 
Portulaca grandiflora, Mexican rose. Chestertown, Md. 
rose-moss. So. edie 
. French pusley. So. V 
| Chytonia Virginica, good-morning-spring. deci ?) 
wild potatoes. Union Co., Pa. 
Mayflower. Hemmingford, P. Q. 
MALVACE. 
“ag Avicenne, butter-weed. Peoria, Il. 
| sheep-weed ; Macnonweek velvet-weed. 
. Quincy, Ill. 
button-weed. Chestertown, Md. 
' Abatiton striatum, flowering maple. Mansfield, O. 
a oa rotundifolia, cheeses, or cheese-plant. U. S. 
“hoa moschata, musk-plant or musk. Mansfield, O. 
ae Hibiscus trionum, black-eyed Susan. N. H.; N. B. 
3 devil’s-head-in-a-bush. N. i. 
: GERANIACEE. 
. em maculatum, chocolate-flower. Stratham, N. H 
ee ium (common pink and white species or var. )» apple gera- 
: eg Mansfield, O., and parts of Mass. 
.: 8 stricta, ladies’ sorrel. Allston, Mass. ; Stratham, N. H. 
"batiens fulva, snap-dragon. N. H. 
, snap-weed. N. B. 
kicking colt. E. Mas 
shining grass.? Westherstield Vt. 
1 Probably a Se for Lychnis. 
2 See note on Thalictru acum. 
