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Cerastium vulgatum L. 



Larger mouse ear chickweed 



Fields, waste places and roadsides. Very common. Introduced and 

 a weed in gardens. June to September. 



Sperg-ula arvensis L. 



Spurry. Corn spurry 

 Gardens and fields. Raybrook and Lake Placid, August. 



PORTULACACEAE 

 Portulaca oleracea L. 



Purslane. Pussley. ^ 



Gardens, cultivated ground and waste places. An introduced and 

 very troublesome weed. It has a spreading or prostrate mode of growth 

 where space is given but it is more erect when crowded. Its thick suc- 

 cule.it stems and leaves make it very tenacious of life and capable of 

 enduring prolonged dry weather. In wet weather it is useless to try to 

 destroy it by digging it out and leaving it on the ground. It will soon 

 lake root again and continue its growth. In some parts of Europe it 

 was formerly cultivated as a pot herb. 



Claytonia Caroliniana Mx. 



Carolina spring beauty 



Rich moist ground in woods and clearings. Old Keene road and 

 Adirondack lodge road. May. The Virginia spring beauty, C. Virginica L., 

 which is often associated with it and may be separated from it by its 

 longer and more narrow leaves, probably does not occur in North Elba 



HYPERICACEAE 



Hypericum ellipticum Hook. 



Elliptic leaved St Johnswort 



Wet places and shores of lakes. Marsh pond. A singular form, 

 which is not mentioned in our botanies, is found in some parts of the 

 Adirondack region. Its leaves are more narrow than in the ordinary 

 form, erect and appressed to the stem. 



Hypericum perforatum L. 



Common St Johnswort 



Fields, pastures and waysides. A common introduced weed. July 

 and August. 



