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MONOCHLAMYDB^. 



SrENCER Le M. Moore 



NYCTAGINACE^. 



MiRABiLiS Jalapa L. Noumea ; weed in waste places. 35. From 

 tropical America, spread over wanner regions of the Old World. 



TniEROYA CANALENSis S. Mooro, sp. nov. Arho)\ apcrfce raniosa trunco 

 apice foliio'ero ; foUis usque 25 X 1-6 cm. sessilibus oblongo4anccolatis prope 

 apieeni angustatis apice obtusls basi ali([uaiito atteniiatis marginc iindulatis 



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cymas plurifloras 



9x15 cm, efforinaiites ; hradeis hracteoVisqiie linoaribus his pedicello 

 brevioribus ; peruuiiiuo infmulibulari-eampniiidato medio levissime oonstrlcto 

 5'5mm,long. lobis ^iibquadratis tubo muUo brevioribus; damtHihus ] 1-12 

 filaniontis leviter crassiusculis autlieris 2^^i'i^i^thii os attingciitibus anguste 

 oblongo-ovatis obtusis ; ovario anguste ovoideo-oblongo circa 1 mm, long; 

 sti/lo crasslusculo breviter cxserto 5*5 mm. long. ; dlymate longiusculc 

 fimbriato. 



Mt. Canala ; moist forest ; schists ; 1000-3000 ft. 12GG. Kno^vn by the 

 long, narrow, sessile, shining leaves, the long stout peduncles, and the 

 comjiaratively larg<^ flowers with but few stamens. 



AMA1IANTACE.E. 



Cklosia argentea L. River Tchiem ; among rocks in river course; sea- 

 level. 1997. A common weed in the Tropics. 



Amaranthus ViRims L. Ansc Vata; sand-pit weed* 69. A weed in 



the world^s warmc^r reiiions. 



CHENOPODIACE^. 



CiiENOPODiUM AMRUOSIOJDES L. Ansc Vata ; sand-pit. &&. Isle of Pines 

 (Vao) ; maritime coral sand. 2271. A weed of wide distribution. 



Atriplex jubata S. Moore, sp, nov. Stfffndex monoicus copiose ramosus 

 furfura cinerea omnimodo arete indutus etsi ramulis tandem glabrescentibus ; 

 foliis 2*25 X 1-2 cm. petiolatis (pet. 1'5 cm, long.) ovatis vel ovato-ohlongis 

 obtusis nisi obtusissimis basi cuneatis integrls vel rarilobulatis crasslusculis; 

 florlhus in spicas breves biscxuales digcstis; perlantluo (^ breviter 5-fido 

 2'5 mm. lonji*, seg'mentis kite ovatis inflcxis coneavis ; stamimhiis 5 filamentis 



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inferne dilatatis pauUo supra basin inter se connatis ; ovarii rudimento 

 pyriformi acuto '5 mm. long. ; hradeolis $3x3 nmi. inter se inferne connatis 

 obovatis trilobatis lobis deltoideis acutiusculis inte<>ris vel lobulatis ; ovario 



