212 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



gravelly and sandy margin of brook, Salisbury (Mrs. C. 

 S. Phelps & Weatherby) , Sharon (H. S. Clark) . Aug.— Sept. 

 Probably introduced from the West. 



CLEOME L. 

 Cleome spinosa L. (prickly) . 



Spider-flower. Prickly Cleome. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to waste grounds : Bridge- 

 port and Fairfield (Eames) , Norwalk (G. P. Ells) . July — 

 Sept. Fugitive from tropical America. 



RESEDACEAE. MIGNONETTE FAMILY. 

 RESEDA L. Mignonette. Dyer's Rocket. 



Reseda Luteola L. (yellowish). 



Dyer's Weed, Weld, or Rocket. Yellow-weed. 



Rare. Roadsides and waste places : Guilford (W. R. Dud- 

 ley), New Haven (O. Harger), Monroe (H. C. Beardslee). 

 June — July. Fugitive from Europe. 



Reseda lutea L. (yellow). 

 Crambling Rocket. 



Rare. Roadsides, fields and waste places : Preston (E. F. 

 Burleson), East Windsor (Bissell), Bridgeport (Eames), 

 North Canaan (M. B. Toby, Bissell), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps, A. V. Osmun). May — ^June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Reseda odorata L. (fragrant). 

 Common or Garden Mignonette. 



Rare. Waste ground in Southington (Andrews), and 

 Fairfield (Eames). July — Aug. Fugitive from North 

 Africa. 



Reseda alba L. (white). 



White or Upright Mignonette. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to waste ground in Water- 

 bury (A. E. Blewitt), and Bridgeport (Eames). July Sept. 



Fugitive from Europe. 



