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minima Dodonaeus, Pempt, 30 (1583), Lobelius, Dalechamps, etc. 



Hammond and Clarke, Ind. (Higdon and Raddin), Lake 

 Maxinkuckee, (H. W. Clarke), Michigan City, (C. D. Mell), 

 Clarke, Ind. (Umbach). I have found it in all the counties. 



Arenaria stricta Michx., Fl. Bor. Am., I, p. 274 (1803). 



Lake Co., (Hill), vSt. Joseph Co. (Rothert), Colehour, Millers 

 and Edgemoor (Higdon and Raddin), Pine, Lake Co., (Babcock) 

 (Umbach), Lake Co. (Deam), Nos 3435, 1964, Notre Dame 

 (Powers), 30, 2659, 3451, Notre Dame, 2649 Millers, Ind. 



MOEHRINGIA Linn., Gen. p. 167, (1742), p. 170 (i754)- 



Moehringia lateriflora (Linn.) Fenzl., Verbr. Alsin., p. 18 (1833) 



Arenaria lateriflora Linn., Sp. PI., p. 423 (1753). 



Lake Co. (Hill), No. 457, Notre Dame, Ind. 



TISSA Adans., Fam. PI., II., p. 507 (1763). 



Buda Adans., 1. c, Lepigonum (Fries) Wahlberg, Fl. Gothob., 

 p. 45 (1820) Spergularia Presl, Pr. Fl. Cech., p. 94 (1819), Persoon, 

 Syn., p. 50g (1805), as a subgenus, Corion Mitchell, Act. Nat. 

 Cur., 208 (1748) also (1769), not Corion of the ancients or the 

 older authors. 



Tissa rubra (Linn.) Britton, Bull. Torr. CI., XVI, p. 127 (1889). 



Arenaria rubra Linn., vSp. PL, p. 423 (1753), Buda rubra Dum., 

 Fl. Belg., p. no (1827), Spergularia rubra Presl., 1. c. p. 93. 



The only place I have found this plant is on the road to 

 Lost Lake, St. Joseph Co. 



Family 60. CARYOPHYLLEAE B. Jussieu, Hort. 



Trianon (1759), Jussieu, Gen., LXVII, and 299 (1789). 

 Caryophyllaceae Reichenb., Consp., p. 206 (1828). 

 GITHAGO Tragus, Hist. (1552), also Adanson, II, p. 255 



(1763). 



Agrostemma Linn., Syst., (1735). Gen., p. 135 (1737), p. 

 198 (1754), Pseudomelanthium Matthioli, Lacuna, Lonicer, Lo- 

 belius, Castor Durante, Thalius, Gerarde, Anthemon Dodonaeus, 

 Hist., ed. C. Clusius, (1557), Nigellastrum Dodonaeus, Pempt., 

 2:1 :i7 (1583), Lychnis in part of numerous pre-Linnaean and many 

 post-Linnaean authors. 



Githago segetum Link, Diss. Bot. Suerin., p. 62 (1795). 



Agrostemma Githago Linn., Sp. PL, p. 435 (1753). Agrostemma 

 agrestis Linn., and Hesselgren, Pan Suec, Amoen. Acad. p. 248 



