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SIGINA, Pearlwort. apetala—native, Vasey. Also E u r o p e a n . nodosa—native, Vasey; St. Clair county, Brendel. subulata, Wummer—Jackson and Union counties, Vasey, Forbes. CERASTIUM, Mouse-ear Chiekweed. vulgatum—naturalized from Europe. Cook county, Babcock. nutans—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign c o u n t y . oblongifolium—native, Vasey. tomentosum—cultivated from E u r o p e , for borders, etc. STELLARIA, Starwort Chiekweed. media—naturalized from Europe. Vasey, Cook county, Babcock. longifolia—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. crassifolia—native, Vasey. Also E u r o p e a n ANYCHIA, Forked Chiekweed—annual. dichotoma—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. MOLLTJGO, Carpet-weed—annual. verticillata—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. , caroliniana, Michx—With last b u t r a r e .

P O R T U L A C A C E ^ E — P U R S L A N E FAMILY.

Succulent-leaved Herbs.

PORTULACA, Purslane—annual. Oleracea, Common Purslane—naturalized from Europe, L a p h a m . E v e r y w h e r e . grandiflora—cultivated for ornament, from South America. TALINUM—perennial. teretifolium—native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. CLAYTONIA, Spring Beauty—perennial. virginica—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county, Macauley.

MALVACEAE—MALLOW FAMILY.

Herbs or Shrubs.

MALOPE—garden annuals from Mediterranean. trifida—annual, with rose-colored flowers. malacoides—perennial. MALVASTRUMa n g u s t u m , Gray—Rock Island, Englemann. SPH^RALCEA— acerifolia, Nutt—on an island in K a n k a k e e river, Hill. Otherwise known on Pacific coast. ALTHEA—tall herbs. rosea, Hollyhock—biennial. Cultivated from Syria for o r n a m e n t . LAVATERA—cultivated for o r n a m e n t from E u r o p e . trimestris, Flowering Mallow—annual. thuringiaca, German Lavatera—perennial. arborea, Tree Mallow—perennial. MALVA, Mallow—from E u r o p e and t h e Orient. rotundifolia, common Mallow—naturalized from E u r o p e . L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. sylvestris—adventive from E u r o p e , Vasey, Champaign county. crispa—adventive from Europe, Vasey. mauritiana—cultivated. alcea—gardens. moschata, Musk Mallow—gardens. CALLIRRHOE—species somewhat cultivated. triangulata—native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babccck. involucrata—cultivated from N e b r a s k a . papaver—sparingly cultivated from south. pedata—cultivated from T e x a s . NAP^EA, Glade Mallow. dioica—native, Lapham, Gray, ANODA—low herbs from Mexico, Texas, &c. hastata—cultivated for ornament. eristata—cultivated for ornament. SIDA—small flowered or weedy herbs. spinosa—annual weed, naturalized from Tropical America and Africa, Lapham,, Brendel; Champaign county. ABUTILON, Indian Mallow. a vicennse—velvet leaf. Adventive from India. This is t h e somewhat troublesome weed that is being successfully utilized as a textile plant at Springfield, 111. HIBISCUS, Rose Mallow—shrubs. syriacus—Common Shrubby Althea of Gardens. Cultivated for o r n a m e n t in considerable variety. moscheutos, Swamp Rose MaUow—native, Lapham. grandiflorus, Michx—river b a n k s . Marion county, Bebb; Washington, French•„ Wabash, Schenck.