AND VICINITY. 15 



PORTULACAGE^. Purslanes. 



PORTULACA, Tourn. Purslane. 



OLERACEA, L. Garden Portulaca, 



Waste places; a weed in cultivated grounds. June - August. 



CLAYTONIA, L. Spring-beauties. 



VIRQINICA, L. Linear-leaved Glatmiia. 



Rich river bottoms. Along tiie Mohawk below Utica; abundant opposite 

 Whitesboro. Fish creek, Knieskern. Rare. May. 



CAROLINIANA, Michx. Broad-leaved Clatonia. 



Everywhere in woods, groves, copses, swamps. Common. March, April. 



MALVACEJi;. Mallows. 



MALVA, L. True Mallows. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. Round-leaved Mallow. 



Dooryards, streets, waste places. Common. May - September. 



SYLVESTRIS, L. Woodland Mallow. 



Borders of woods and roadsides remote from gardens. Everywhere scattered 

 and abundant. May - September. 



MOSCHATA, L. Musk-scented Mallow. 



Way-sides; well established as the former, and often with it. Abundant in 

 many places. May - August. 



ABUTILON, Tourn. Velvet-leaf. Indian Mallow. 



AVICENNJE, Geertner. Dedicated to AviCENNA. 



Gardens, roadsides, waste-places. Frequent. July- September. 



HIBISCUS, L. Mallow-rose. 



MOSCHEUTOS, L. Musk Hibiscus. 



Marshes, both of salt and of fresh water. Plentifully in the marshes around 

 the Salt lake, Onondaga, New-York, Pursh. Abundant in the marslies along 

 the outlet of Cayuga lake. Around Irondequoit bay, Monroe county, C. M. 

 Booth. Rare. July - October. 



TILIACE^. Lindens. 



TILIA, L. Linden-trees. 



AMERICANA, L. Basswood. 



Rich woods. Common. June, July. 



LINAGES. Flaxes 



LINUM, L. Flax. 



VIKGINIANUM, L. Wild Yellow Flax. 



Dry hills. Tarrytown in open rocky woods, /. H. Hall. Schenectady county, 

 jE. W.Paige. Yates county, Sartwell. Roadsides in the southern tier of 

 counties, Knieskern. Rare. June - August. 



USITATISSIMUM, L. Cultivated, Useful Flax. 



Borders of fields, waysides. Abundant all along on the Central railroad. 



June - August. 



