CARTOPHrLLACEJB; PORTULACACEyE ; MALYACE.E. 351 



Latin Names. English Names. Geoloq'l Station. Natural Habitat. 



Caryophyllaceae. 1 Pink Family. 



Saponaria, L , . . Soapwort. 



S. officinalis, L., Roadsides. Introduced. 



Silene, L., . . . Catch fly. 



*S. stellata, Ait., . . Starry Campion, . Sandstone, . Dry woods. 



S. antirrhina, L., . . Sleepy Catchfly, . '«.."" 



? S. Virginica, L.. . . Fire Pink, Open woods. 



Agrostemma, L., . . Corn-Cockle. 



A. githago, L., "Wheat fields. Introduced. 



Arenaria, L., . . Sandwort. 



A. stricta, Mich., ...... Limestone, . Rocks and barren. 



*A. tenella, Nutt., Rocky places. 



*A. Pitcheri, Nutt., Prairies. 



Stellaria. L., . . . Chickweed. 



*S. Nuttallii, T. & Gr., Prairies. 



*S. macropetala, T. & Gr. 



? S. lanuginosa, T. & Gr., Shady places. 



Cerastium, L., . . Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



C. vulgatum, L., "Waste places. Introduced. 



Any cliia, Mich., . . Forked Chickweed. 



A. dichotoma, Mich., Limestone, . Sterile rocky ground. 



Paronychia, Tourn., . "Whitlow-wort. 



P. dichotoma, Nutt., Limestone, . Rocks. 



Mollugo, L., . . . Indian Chickweed. 



M. verticillata, L., . . Carpet-weed, . . Sand, . . Barren. 



Portulacaceae. 2 Purslane Family. 



Portulaca, L., . . Purslane. 



P. oleracea, L., Cultivated ground. Introd. 



*P. pilosa, L , . . . . . . Sand, . . Barren. 



Talinum, Adans. 



*T. teretifolium, Pursh., .... Limestone, . Naked rocks. 



Claytonia, L., . . Spring beauty. 



C. Virginica, L., Alluvial, &c, . Low rich ground. 



Malvaceae. 3 Mallow Family. 



Althcea, L , . . . Marsh Mallow. 



A. officinalis, L., Gardens. 



Malva, L , . . Mallow. 



M. rotundifolia, L., . Common Mallow, Roadsides. Introduced. 



*M. papaver, Car., Prairies. 



i No particular properties ascribed to plants of this family. The Saponaria, soap wort, is used for 

 soap, and sometimes as a wash in syphilitic diseases of the skin. 



3 Purslane, like the Spring-beauty, are eaten as greens, cooked, or raw for salad. 



3 Plants of this family contain a demulcent mucilage used as cataplasm or as emollient drink. The 

 Cacao (Theobroma) and the Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) belong to this family. 



