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or rhombic-ovate, : 5-30 em. long: staminate calyx 1-1.5 mm. long: pistillate 
calyx about 1.5 mm. long; sepals elliptic, often en so: utricle exceeding 
the E. BLOOD-RED PRINCE'S-FEATHER.  PILE RT.)—Waste-plaees an 
vigi various erar U. 8S. suia, except the extreme west. Nat. of 
—(W. I., Mez., C. A., S. A.)—Sum.-fall. 
4. A. hybridus Stem 5-25 dm. tall, not spiny: leaf-blades lanceolate or 
ovate to eju or elliptic, 3—15 em. long: staminate ca e 1.7-1.9 mm. 
long: pistillate calyx 1.7-2 mm. long; se pa narrowly oblong to oe 
late: utricle d the sepals or shorter. [4. chlorostachys Willd.]—(Pie 
WEED. ARAN —Waste-places and cult. n nearly throughout the 
U.S. and 8 Can.— (W. I, Mex . C. A., 8S. A., O. W.)—Sum.-fall. 
5. A. retroflexus L. Stem 3-30 dm. tall: leaf- blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate 
Or sug rp d e, 5-15 em. long: staminate calyx 3.4—3.6 mm. long: pistillate 
eal he plone. ; sepals linear-oblong to ee paua utrielo shorter than 
the sepals nea REEN-AMARANTH. ult. grounds and een nearly 
throughout the U. S. and S Can. —(Mez., 0. W.)—Spr fall. 1. 
6. A. spinosus L. Stem 2-12 dm. tall, spiny: leaf-blades ovate, rhombic-ovate, 
or lanceolate, 1.5-8 cm. long: staminate c alyx 2-2.7 mm. long: pistillate calyx 
2-2.5 ^ poi 
fields, Fla. to Tex., Minn., Ont., and Me. Nat. of “India. —(W. I., Mex, C. A., 
0. W.)—Sum.—fall. 
7. A. blitoides S. Wats. Stem 1.5-6 dm. long, p prostrate: leaf- uid rien 
to E bU d. or elliptie, 0.8—4 em. a nate calyx abou m. lon 
E calyx 2.5 RÀ XD long; sepals ciltiptic, po. ate.—(S dign NG- PIG- 
and 
- fields, and uu nearly throughout the U. 8. 
S€ Gan Net T es of Eu.—Sum.-fall. 
A. graecizans L. Stem 1—6 dm. tall, erect: bue blades spatulate, obovate, or 
etipti, 1-3 em. long: staminate calyx l 4—1.6 21 ag: pistillate calyx 1.8-2.2 
m. long; sepals lanceolate, long-acuminate. TA. a s L.]—( Fi cui ey 
= Boadsides, fields, and waste- -plaees, oa T T S. and S Can.—(Mez 
S. A., O. W. )—Sum.-fall. 
- A. crispus (Lesp. & Thév.) A. Br. Stem much branched, the branches form- 
ing large mats: rr a rhombic-ovate to E 0.6-2.5 em . long: stami- 
abou 
nate calyx f ong: pistillate a a .5 mm. long; sepals 5, 
elliptic E^ mun rounded and abruptly n nted. [Eux deflexus 
(Chapm. F1.) ]—Waste- EA and euk. grounds, Coastal Plai fend perenne 
oie provinces, La., N. C., and N. Y. Nat. of Eu.— (sS. 2 a all. 
A. muricatus See pine Stem 3-7 dm and leaf-blades linear to 
pd A 2—8 cm. long: staminate calyx fully 1.5 mm. long: pistillate calyx 
. lo ong; En 9, elliptic, abr raptly ae —Waste- -places, Coastal 
Phi Ala. Nat. of S. A.—(0. W.)—A yea 
11. A. gracilis Desf. Stems 2—9 dm. tall, erect: leaf-blades ovate or Pri 
2-8 cm. long: staminate calyx 1.3-1.5 mm. long: pistillate calyx 1.4—1. 
long ; sepals 3, broadened upward, and mucronate. [Euxolus lwidus Cha an 
iw e M rs cult. bar Fla. to Ala., and N. C. Nat. of Afr. 
—(W.I all. 
J Mex., C. A., S. A.,) —Spr 
12. A. deflexus L. Stem 1.5-6 dm. long, sometimes decumbent: leaf-blades 
broadly ovate, rhombic-ovate, oval, or lanceolate, 2—7.5 em. long: staminate 
