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Polygonum Persicaria L. Ladies' Thumb. 



Waste places around yards, etc. 



Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. Water Pepper. 



Wet marsh, east side of Kilgore's Pond. 



Polygonum convolvulus L. Bindweed. 



A weed in gardens and open places. 



Polygonella polygama (Vent) A. Gray. 



On Sugarloaf Mountain. A typical and very attractive pine 

 barren plant. It is rare with us. 



Chenopodiaceae 



Chenopodium album L. Lamb's Quarters. 



Frequent in fertile open places. The leaves near the growing 

 point are often purplish red. It is very variable in shape of 

 leaf. 



Chenopodium anthelminticum L. Wormseed. 



A common weed in open waste ground. 



Amaranthaceae 



Amaranthus hybridus L. Pigweed. 



A very common coarse weed. 



Amaranthus spinosus L. Thorny Pigweed. 



Not so common as the above, but often found in gardens and 

 barnyards. 



Phytolaccaceae 



Phytolacca decandra L. Poke Berry. 



A common weed. 



Nyctaginaceae 



BOERHAAVIA ERECTA L. 



A recently introduced weed in gardens. Frequent. 



Aizoaceae 



Mollugo verticillata L. Carpet Weed. 



A rather common weed. 



