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Prostrate, small. ©? Banks of streams, throughout 
U. S. Bk. 
CXLIV. PORTULACEZ.—Tnue rurstane TRIBE, 
655. Portulacca oleracea, Linn. Purslane. May—Aug. y. 
Spreading, 6tol8i. ©. cf. Intr. W. Indigenous to 
the plains of Mo. Nutt. Used as a potherb. 
656. Claytonia virginica, Linn. Spring beauty. Ap. w &r. 
6to 121i. &. ow. md. W. 
657. C. lanceolata, Pursh. June. w. 2{. Louisville, M’Murt. 
658. ‘Talinum teretifolium, Pursh. Taliny. Jul.Sept. p. 4 
tol0i. 71. rs. St. L. Bk. St. Croix riv. Houghton. 
CXLVI. GALACINE. 
659. Galax rotundifolia, Michx. May-Aug. w. 12 to 18i. 
4%. Mis. Tenn. Vutt. 
CXLVII. CRASSULACE.Z.—Tue HovSsE-LEEK TRIBE. 
Possess refrigerant and abstergent properties. Lind. 
Nat. Syst. 160. 
660. Sedum ternatum, Michx. False ice-plant. June. w. 2 to 
Si. 2. rs.cr. W. 
661. S. pulchellum, Michx. p. 3 to 4i. Ky. St. 
662. Penthorum sedoides, Linn. Virginian stone crop. Vir- 
gene ea Jul-Aug. Paley. 12to18i. 2. rb. 
t. . 
CL. ILLECEBRE. 
663. Queria canadensis, Linn. Forked chickweed. Jul.—Aug. 
we Gto 1Zi. ©. ow. sw. O. Ky. 
664. Q. argyrocoma, Muh. June. rs. ‘Tenn. JVutt. 
665. Q. sessiliflora, Vutt. Jul. Hills Mo. Ter. Wut. 
CLI. AMARANTACE/.—TuHe AMARANTH TRIBE. 
666. Amarantus albus, Willd. White coxcomb. Jul. g-—w. 
18 i. ©. Gardens, cf. O. 
667. A. hybridus, Willd. Jul. g. Lto2f. ©. ch rd. O. 
X 668. A. greecizans, Willd. Aug. g. ©. Louisville, M’Murt. 
\ 669. A. altissimus, mihi. Tall amaranth. Spikes lax, simple 
when axillary, compound when terminal: leaves ovate- 
oblong, mucronate, acute at the base, long petioled: 
stem branching above, 6 to 8 f. Flowers reddish 
| green. Aug. ©. On an old prairie, near Hamilton, O. 
4X 670. A. miamiensis, mihi. Prairie amaranth. Spikes rather 
7 lax, axillary and terminal, compound: /eaves ovate and 
lance-ovate, retuse, mucronate, acute at the base: pe- 

