AND VICINITY. 



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PORTULACACE^E. 



PORTULACA, Toum. 



OLERACEA, L. 



"Waste places; a weed in cultivated grounds. 



Purslanes. 



Purslane. 

 Garden Portulaca. 



June - August. 



Sprin g- beauties . 

 Linear-leaved Clatonia. 



CLAYTONIA, L. 



VIRGINICA, L. 



Rich river bottoms- Along the 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. 



MALVACEAE. 

 MALVA, L. 



ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. 



Dooryards, streets, waste places. 



SYLVESTRIS. L. 



Mallows. 



True Mallows. 

 Round-leaved Mallow. 

 Common. May - September. 



Woodland Mallow. 



Borders of woods and roadsides remote from gardens. Everywhere scattered 

 and abundant. May - September. 



MO SC HAT 'A L. Musk-scented Mallow. 



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

 many places. May - August. 



ABUTILON, Tourn. 



AVICENNJE, Gaertner. 



Gardens, roadsides, waste-places. 



Velvet-leaf. Indian Mallow. 

 Dedicated to Avicenna. 

 Frequent. July- September. 



HIBISCUS, L. Mallow-rose. 



moscheutos, L. Mtisk Hibiscus. 



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

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

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

 Booth. Rare. July- October. 



TILIACE^E. 

 TILIA, L. 



AMERICANA, L. 



Rich woods. Common. 



Lindens. 



Linden-trees. 

 Basswood. 

 June, July. 



LINACEJE. 



Flaxes 



LINUM, L. Flax. 



virginianum, L. Wild Yellow Flax. 



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

 E. 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. 



