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LYTHRACE^E—LOOSE-STRIFE FAMILY.

PUNICA, Pomegranate, house plant. g r a n a t u m , cultivated from Orient; t e n d e r . LAGERSTRCEMIA, Crape Myrtle. indica, cultivated from East Indies for o r n a m e n t ; tender. LYTHRTIM, Loose-strife. alatum, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county, Macauley. NES^EA verticillata, H. B . K., Swamp Loose-strife, wet places; Cook county, Vasey; Wabash, Schneck; Franklin, Forbes; rare. AMMANNIA humillis, native, Lapham. latifolia, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. nuttallii, native, Lapham, Hall, Vasey. CUPHEA. viscosissima, native, Lapham, silenoides, annual, cultivated for ornament, from Mexico. platycentra, cultivated for o r n a m n n t , from Mexico; perennial.

LOSACEJE—LOASA

MENTZELIA, herbs, o r n a m e n t a l . oligosperma. native, Lapham. lindleyi, cultivated from California. ornata, cultivated from N e b r a s k a . lodgipes, cultivated from Mexico a n d Texas. BLUMENBACH1A, ornamental. insignis, cultivated from Chili. lateritia, cultivated from South America.

FAMILY.

CACTACEJS—CACTUS

FAMILY.

OPUNTIA, Prickly Pear, Cactus, Indian Fig. vulgaris, Common Prickly Pear, native, Lapham. rafinesquii, native, Cook county, Babcock; LaSalle county.

M E S E M B R Y A N T H E M A C E J E — F I G - M A R I G O L D FAMILY. Fleshy plants.

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, Fig Marigold. crystallinum, Ice Plant, cultivated for ornament from South Africa. TETRAGONIA, New Zealand, Spinach. expansa, cultivated occasionally as spinach. P A S S I F L O R A C E ^ — P A S S I O N FLOWER FAMILY.

PASSIFLORA, Passion Flower. lutea, native south, Lapham. gracilis, cultivated from South America, annual. ccerulea,' Common or Blue Passion Blower, from South America; nearly hardy, edulis, Crranadilla, purplish edible fruit, cultivated from South America, quadrangularis, Large Granadilla, cultivated from South America, does not form edible fruit h e r e .

C U C U R B I T A C E ^ E — G O U R D FAMILY.

LAG EN A R I A, Bottle Gourd, . , _ vulgaris, Common Gourd, Calabash, cultivated from Africa a n d Asia for vessels, dippers, etc. CUCURBITA, Pumpkin and Squash. pepo, Pumpkin, cultivated by t h e Indians before t h e coming of t h e whites, ovifera, Orange Gourd, Egg Gourd, wild in Texas a n d probably t h e original of t h e group, verrucosa, Warty Long-Neck and Crook-Neck Squash, Vegetable Marrow, e t c . maxima, Great or Winter Squash, a n d Turban Squash. CITRULLUS, Water Melon. vulgaris, cultivated from Asia, t h e so-called citron is a variety.