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represented in the P. A. S. collection, and very doubtfully a county 
species. 
Cerastium nutans, Raf., which finds a place in some local printed 
lists, certainly must be an error. 
Sagina procumbens, Z. (PEARLWORT.) 
Common in damp places. A weed in among the bricks of door 
yards in Salem. 
Sagina nodosa, Fenzl. 
Pigeon Cove, 1875 (J. R.). Rare. 
Lepigonum rubrum, Fries, var. campestris. Spergularia rubra, 
Presi, var. campestris. (Gray’s Manual.) (SAND-SPURRY.) 
Common along roadsides near the shore. 
Lepigonum medium, Fries. Spergularia media, Presi. (Gray’s 
Manual.) 
All salt marshes. It is quite difficult to separate these plants ina 
satisfactory manner; but besides the two species already noticed, 
another, or a variety, is common; possibly, 
Lepigonum salinum, Fries. Spergularia salina, Presl. (Gray’s 
Manual.) 
Growing in the salt marshes. 
Spergula arvensis, Z. (Corn SpurrRyY.) 
Fields and roadsides. Quite common. 
PARONY CHIE. 
(WHITLOW-WORT FAMILY.) 
Anychia dichotoma, Michx. (ForKkep CHICKWEED. ) 
A delicate inconspicuous plant, often overlooked, growing in dry 
places. Orne’s point, Salem, 1824 (Dr. Charles Pickering); same 
locality, 1877 (J. R.) ; Boxford, 1878. Rather scarce. 
Scleranthus annuus, L. (KNawWEL.) 
A homely weed. Common near the coast. (Nat. from Europe.) 
FICOIDEA. 
Mollugo verticillata, Z. (CarRPET-wEED.) 
Common in paths and in poor soil generally. (Int. from the south.) 
PORTULACACEZ. 
(PURSLANE FaMILyY.) 
Portulaca oleracea, ZL. (CoMMON PURSLANE.) 
This omnipresent weed was considered an excellent table green by 
the early inhabitants, and so spoken of in letters written to Eng- 
