86 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Creeping Pigweed. 



Roadsides, yards, etc. Common. May 30 (31). This 

 common name is here proposed. 



Amaranthus graecizans I,. Tumbleweed. 



Dry or sand)' soil. 

 Acnida tamariscina (Nutt.) Wood. Western Water-hemp. 



Fields and low ground. Common. June 20. 

 Froelichia gracilis Moq. 



Manhattan. Once collected along railroad. May. 



Phytolaccaceae. Pokeweed Family. 



Phytolacca decandra L. Poke. Scoke. Pigeon Berry. 



Manhattan. Frequent along woods and roadsides. June 20. 



Nyctaginaceae. Four-o'clock Family. 



All ion ia nyctaginca Michx. Wild Four-o'clock. 



Field, roadsides. Common. May 20. 

 Allionia lanceolata Rydb. 



Dry roadsides. Occasional. 

 Allionia hirsuta Pursh. 



Hillsides and dry soil. Occasional. 



Aizoaceae. Carpet Weed Family. 



Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet Weed. 

 Riverbanks and fields. Common. 



Portulacaceae. Purslane Family. 



Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. 



Gardens and fields. Common. June 20. 



Caryophyllaceae. Pink Family. 

 Agrostemna Githago L. Corn Cockle. 



Along railroad. Occasional. 

 Silene stellata (L.) Ait. Starry Campion. 



Wooded banks. Common. June 25. 

 Silene antirrhina L. Sleepy Catehfly. 



Fields and waste places. Common. May 20 (20). 



The var. divaricata Robinson collected east of Manhattan. 

 Saponaria officinalis L. Bouncing Bet. 



Occasionally escaped from gardens. June 30. 

 Vaccaria Vaccaria (L.) Britton. Cowherb. Pink Cockle. 



Manhattan. Once collected along the railroad. 



