'76, Tennessee Flora. 



CLAYTONIA L. 



Claytonia Virginica L. Spring beauty. Woods and pas- 

 tures. O. S. March-May. 



C. Virginica graminifolia. Leaves narrowly linear, elon- 

 gated. Hills around Nashville'^ March, April. 



C. Caroliniana Michx. Mts. of E. Tenn. May, June. 



PORTULACA L. 



Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. Common garden weed. 

 O. S. June, July. 



P. retusa Engelm> Among the former and in the cedar 

 glades. June. 



P. pilosa L. Now and then in E. Tenn., Meigs County. 



P. grandiflora Hook. Garden portulaca. Escaped from 

 cultivation. Native of South America. July. 



TETRAGONIA DC. 



Tetragonia expansa Fenzel. New Holland spinach. Culti- 

 vated only for the table. A native of Tasmania. 



CARYOPHYLLACEiE Reichenb. 



AGROSTEMMA L. 



Agrostemma Githago L. Corn cockle. In grain fields and 

 waste places. O. S. July-September. 



SILENE L. 



Silene stellata (L.) Aiton. Starry champion. , Open wood- 

 lands. O. S. June, July. 



S. Caroliniana Walt. S. Pennsylvanica Michx. Cumber- 

 land and Alleghany Mts. April-June. 



S. Virginica Link. Fire pink. Sunny hillsides. O. S. 

 May, June. 



S. rotundifolia Nutt. Catchfly. High cliffs of Cumberland 

 Mts. Lookout Mt. June, July. 



S. regia Sims. Lake Ottose, near Knoxville. A. Ruth. 

 July. 



S. antirrhina L. Waste places, rocky soil. O. S. April- 

 June. 



S. ovata Pursh. Lemon's Gap, Cocke County. T. H.. Kear- 

 ney. June. 



S. alba Miihl. White champion. Near Wartburg, Morgan 

 County. June. 



SAPONARIA L. 



Saponaria officinalis L. Soap wort. O. S. Naturalized 

 from Europe. July, August. M. 



