PLANTS OF ILLINOIS. 



Virginica, L. 



Abundant on wooded banks of Desplaines River 

 near Chicago, Babcock. Rare. 



antirrhina, L. 



Dry prairies and sandy barrens. Common. 



LYCHNIS 



Gi'thago, Lam. 



Wheat fields. Frequent. 



ARENARIA 



Btricta, Michx. N. 



Kankakee county. Hill ; Winnebago, Bebb : Mc- 

 Henry, Vasey ; Cook, Babcock. 



lateriflora, L. C. & N. 



Damp woods. Hancock county. Mead : and 

 northward. Infrequent. 



1 TALINUM 



tereti folium, Pursh. 



Sandy prairies and barrens. Henderson county : 

 Ogle, Bebb ; near Dixon. Vasey. Rare, or over- 

 looked. Easily found when the flowers are ex- 

 panded, about four o'clock in the afternoon. 



, CLAYTONIA 



Virginica, L. 



Rich woods. Common. 



Carolinian a, Michx. 



With the last in Hancock county, Mead ; near 



Chicago, Vasey 



Rare. 



STELLARIA 





media, Smith. 





Damp places. 



Frequent. 



Ion gi folia, Muhl. 





Wet meadows. 



Frequent. 



crassifolia, Ehrh. 



N. 



Ringwood, McHenry county. 



Vasey. 



CERASTIUM 





vulgatum, L. 



Frequent. 



viscositm, L. 



Frequent. 



nutans, Raf. 





Damp places. 



Common. 



oblongifolium, Ton*. 



Wabash county, Schneck ; Lee, Vasey : Kanka- 

 kee. Hill ; Winnebago, Bebb. Sc-a vc 



SAGINA 



subulata, Wiramer ? S. 



Common in Jackson and Union counties, Vasey 

 Forbes. "Apetalous late in the season," Vasey, 



ANYCHIA 



dichotoma, Michx. 



Dry woods, &c. Common. 



MOLLUGO 



verticillata, L. 



Roadsides, sandy river banks. Common. 



PORTULACACEJS. 



PORTULACA 



oleracea, L. 



A common weed in gardens and fields. 



MALVACEAE. 



MALVA 



rotwndi folia, L. 



Roadsides and waste places. Common. 



sylvestris, L. 



Sparing\y escaped from gardens. 

 CALLIRRHOE 



triangulata, Gray. 



Sandy barrens. Cass county, Mead ; and north- 

 ward. Scarce. 



XAPiEA 



dioica, L. C. & N. 



Open bushy places near Peca'onlc.i, Winnebago 

 county, and along Railroad near Freeport. Bebb ; 

 McHenry county, Vasey ; Will. Munroe: Peoria. 

 Brende' : along Spoon River, Fulton county. 

 Mead, Wolf. Rare." 



MALVASTRUM 



angustum, Gray. W. 



On Rock Island, 18f>(> — the locality now covered 

 with buildings — Engelmann. 



SP1L-ERALCKA 



acerifolia, Nritt. N. 



"Scabrous with a stellate pubescence ; leaves 

 cordate, deeply 5-7-lobed : lobes acute, coarsely 

 serrate : racemes leafy below, naked above, the 

 flowers clustered on short peduncles : carpels 

 12-14, pointless. Stem 3-6 feet high, much 

 branched : leaves 2-0 in. in diameter : petals 

 J-H in. in length, light purple or nearly white." 

 — King's Report, Vol. V. 



A pretty plant, formerly found only near the 

 Pacific coast. Discovered by Rev. E. J. Hill on 

 an island in the Kankakee River near Altorf. 

 Kankakee county. 



I SIDA 



spinosa, L. C. &. S. 



Roadsides and waste places. Common in Hen- 

 ! derson county ; Peoria, Brendel : and southward. 



