PLANTS OF ILLINOIS. 



Virghiica, L. 



Abundant on wooded hank? of Desp'aines River 

 near Chicago, Babcook. Rare. 



antirrhina. L. 



Dry prairies and sandy barrens. Common. 

 LYCHNIS 



Githago, Lam. 



Wheat fields. Frequent. 

 A REN ARIA 



stricta, Michx. X. 



Kankakee county. Hill : Winnebago. Rebb : Mc- 

 Henry, Vasey ; Cook, Babcock. 



lateriflora, L. C. & X 



Damp woods. Hancock county. Mead : and 

 northward. Infrequent. 



STELLARIA 



media, Smith. 



Damp places. Frequent. 



longifolia, Muhl. 



Wet meadows. Frequent. 



cnissifolia, Ehrh. X. 



Ringwood, McHenry county. Vasey. 

 CERASTIUM 



vwl£atum, L. 

 viscosum . L. 



Frequent. 



nutans, Raf. 



Damp places. Common. 



oblongifoliuni, Toit. 



Wabash county. Schneck ; Lee. Vasey : Kanka- 

 kee. Iliil : Winnebago, Bebb. Sea vc 



SAGINA 



subulata, Wirnmer ? S. 



Common in Jackson and Union counties. Vas y 

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



ANYCHIA * 



dichotoma, Michx. 



Dry woods. <fcc. Common. 

 MOLLUGO 



verticillata. L. 



Roadsides, sandy river banks. Common. 



PORTULACACE^E. 



PORTULACA 



oleracea, L. 



A common weed in gardens and fields. 



Frequent. 



TALINUM 



te ret i 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 tour o'clock in the afternoon. 



CLAYTON I A 



Virginica, L. 



Rich woods. 



Common. 



Caroliniana, Michx. 



With the last in Hancock county, Mead : near 

 Chicago, Vasev. Rare. 



MALVACEAE. 



MALVA 



robwn&i folia, L. 



Roadsides and waste places. Common. 



sylvestris, L. 



Sparingly escaped from gardens. 

 CALLIRRHOE 



triangulata. Gray. 



Sandy barrens. Cass county. Mead : and north- 

 ward. Scarce. 



NAP^EA 



dioica, L. 



C. & N. 



Open bushy places near Peca'onica, Winnebago 

 county, and alonir Railroad near Freeport, Bebb 

 McHenry county, Vasey : Will. Munroe: Peoria. 

 Brendel : along Spoon River, Fulton county. 

 Mead. Wolf. Rare. 



MALVASTRUM 



an gu stum, Gray. 



On Rock Island, 1S06— the Iocs 

 with buildings — Engfclmann. 



SPHJERALCEA 



acerifolia, Xutt. 



W 



ity now covered 



X 



"Scabrous with a stellate pubescence : leaves 

 cordate, deeply o-7-Iobed : 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-fi 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. 



SIDA 



G &. S. 



spinosa, L. 



Roadsides and waste places. Common in Hen- 

 derson countv : Peoria. Brendel : and southward. 



