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C. arvense, L. Field Ohickweed. 



Frequent, or common, thvougli the north half of the state and southwesxward ; rare 

 southeastward. 



SAGINA, L. Pearlwort. 



S. noflosa, E. Meyer. Pearlwort. 



North shore of lake Superior, doubtless in Minnesota ; Isle Koyale, Whitney; :s]and 

 of St. Ignace, Macouii. 



PARONYCHIE.E. Whitlow-wokt Family. 



ANYCHIA, Michx, Whitlow- wort. Nailwort. 



A. tlichotoiua, Michx. Forked Chickweed. Whitlow-wort. 

 LapJiam. Infrequent. 



FICOIDE^. Ice Plant Family. 



MOLIjXJGO, L. Indian-Chickweed. 



M. verticillata, L. Carpat-weed. 



Common, or frequent, southward. Exposed rocics and sandy fields, St. Croix river, 

 Parry; abundant in Hennepin county on sandy river-banks, appearing indigeuoas, 

 Roherts. 



PORTULACACE.E. Purslane Family. 



PORTULACA, Tourn. Purslane. 



P. oleracea. L. Common Piuslane. "FMS?e/y." 

 A very common garden weed. 



P. retusa, Engelm.* Western Purslane. 



Upper Minnesota river. Parry; Yellow Medicine county, ZJpJiam; upper Missis- 

 sippi river. Garrison. (Surely indigenous ; yet possibly to be referred to the foregoing 

 species.) West. 



TALINUM, Adans. Taltnum. 



T. teretifoliuni, Parsh. Talinum. 



Rare, occurring only onledges of rock (trap, syenite, granite and quartzite); absent 

 far northward. Taylor's Falls (of St. Croix river), Houghton, Miss Fields Duluth, Miss 

 Catlicart; Watab, Benton county, and at numerous places in Stearns and Morrison 

 counties, Upham-^ upper Minnesota river, Parry^ Redwood Falls, Jlfiss Butler^ "plen- 

 tiful on most of the ledges In Rock and Pipestone counties (a handsome little plant, 

 extremely easy of cultivation)," Leihcrfj. 



*Portui.aca KETUSA, Eagelm. Like P. oZceacca, L., but greener, and the stent 

 more ascending, sometimes covering a space several feet in diameter ; leaves usually 

 smaller than the common species; sepals obtuse, broadly carinate -winged ; petaig 

 yellow ; stigmas 3 or 4 ; capsule 2''2 to 3 lines long, broader in proportion ; seeds more 

 strongly tuberculate than in P. oZerrtcert. Brewer and Watson's Botany of CaUfwnia- 



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