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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



'Meadows, streams, and ditches. B*, occurs : — M, common 

 in bogs and wet grounds : — 8* and BB*, occasional. 

 M. verna, Nutt. 



Dry thin soil. M*, frequent by roadsides and in dry rocky 

 woods: — BB*, frequent; ledge by lower pond. 



ECHIUJW, Tourn. Viper's Bugloss. 

 E. vulgare, L. Blue Weed. 



Nat. from Eu. by roadsides and in meadows and waste 

 places. M, rare. 



CONVOLVULACE/E. Convolvulus Family. 



IPOMOEA, L. Morning Glory. 



I. hederacea, Jacq. 



Cult, from Trop. Amer. and run wild. B, rare. 



I. purpurea, Lam. Common Morning Glory. 



Cult, from Trop. Amer. and run wild. B*, house-site, 

 Hillside St. 



CONVOLVULUS, Tourn. Bindweed. 

 C. sepiurn, L. Wild Morning Glory. Hedge Bindweed. 

 Low grounds, also planted. B, spreading from old garden, 

 Park's place, Hawk Hill. 



CUSCUTA, Tourn. Dodder. 



C. Qronovii, Willd. 



Moist thickets and wet places, spreading over herbs and low 

 bushes and becoming entirely parasitic. B * and M, occa- 

 sional : — S *, occurs. 



SOLANACE/G. Nightshade Family. 

 LYCOPERSICUM, Mill. Tomato. Love Apple. 



L. ESCULENTUM, Mill. TOMATO. 



Cult, from Trop. Amer. B*, escape by road. 



