474 AMARANTHACEAE 
alyx 1-1. = mm. long: pistillat calyx 1.5-2 mm. long; sepals often 3. [Huzolus 
decis Raf.]— Coastal Plain and New England Coast, Fla. to 
Ala., and Mass.; also in Calif. N ativity not known.—(Menz., S. A., 
13. A. pumilus Raf. Stem 0. ay dm. tall, fleshy : us quip obo- 
. lon 
vate, rhombic, or ovate, 1-2 cm. long: s stami inate ca mm. long: pis- 
tillate c alyx 3-4 m m. long; Bis 5, elliptie to pa. neat, aes pointed. 
Eucxolus pumilus Baf.]— (DWARF- -AMARANTH. )—Sea beaches, N. C. to R. I.— 
—fall. 
3. ACNIDA L. Herbs, mostly annuals and large. Leaves alternate: 
blades entire. Flowers dioecious, the spike sometimes interrupted, the stami- 
nate with 5 sepals and 5 distinct filaments, the pistillate flowers without a 
perianth.—About 6 species, native of eastern North Ameriea and the West 
Indies.—The flowers are green or greenish. 
Utricle fleshy, 3—5-angled. I. CANNABINAE. 
Utricle membranous, not angled. II. TAMARICINAE. 
I CANNABINAE 
Seed much flattened. 
In nr dre 2 m m shorter than the utricle: 
2m n dia 1. A. cannabina. 
Eo neatly or uie Yeafless: bracts equalling the 
utricle or lon ate seed about 1 mm, in diameter. 2. A. cuspidata. 
Seed eein, lenticu 
Leaf-blades nao: pistillate oe few in a cluster: 
utricle less than 1.5 mm. lon . A. floridana. 
Leaf- ee T5 mm pe flowers many in a cluster: 
ricle ng o 
Sepals mucr nate: “pistillate “Inflorescence of few, usu- 
ally di Sane: large (8-18 mm.) glomerules. 4, A. concatenata. 
Sepals obtuse: pistillate inflorescence of many crowded 
small (4—1 0 mm.) glomerules b. A. alabamensis. 
II. TAMARICINAE 
Utricle indehiscent or irregularly dehiscent. 6. A. subnuda. 
Utricle cireumscissHe. T. A. tamariscina. 
A. nabina L. Stem 0.5—4 m. end branched above: leaf-blades ovate to 
eee eae or linear above, 5-15 em staminate calyx about 3 mm. long: 
sepals pup to ee lanceolate: xe 
late calyx .0 mm. long; sepals ovate to 
i. va 2.5-3.5 mm. long. 
usocarpa Mic — Cip apri 
WATER-LEAF.)—Tidal marshes, and 
shores, Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, “Fla. 
to N. 'H. — Sum.-fall. 
2. A. cuspidata tee Stem stout, 1.5-7 
m. tall, widely branched: pod reed lanceo- 
late to Bre Aree ind AE . long: 
staminate calyx about 2 mm. lon tm sepal 
RS to elliptic- o mostly o obtuse: pistil- 
calyx 1.7- m. long; sepals lanceolate: 
ares an om zn Or d dbi jo 
—(CARELESS.) — —Low ham ocks, arshes, 
T d cult. grounds, a remote from saline situations, Coastal Plain, 
o La.—(W. I., Mez.)—All year.—Our largest herb, the stem often be- 
comin p a foot in diameter near the b The Florida plant has poe known 
as A. australis. 
