MONOECIA, HEXANDRIA. 
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Flowers glomerated and axillary, or paniculate and ter-- 
“minal; stem often striate. (In 4. spinosus there are 2 spines 
_ at the base of each leaf.) 
“Species. 1. A. ~. 2. grecizans. 3. lividus. 4. 
Blitum. 5. viridis. 6. * pumilus. Glomeruli axillary, flow- 
- ers pentandrous; aes 5-leaved, concave; leaves ovate, 
obtuse, smooth and carnose, often retuse. Has. On an 
island near Egg Harbour.—Mr. Rafinesque, New York. 
Med. Repos. 2. p. 360. No. 22. v.v. Probably upon the 
beach of the same island. Collected many years back by 
my friend Z. Collins, a Sipe foot high, and 
nosus.—This species is also indigenous tot 
A genus of near 40 species, almost <achuivel confined 
* to India and North America; theze are also 3 species in 
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- Oxpen VL_—HEXAN DRIA. 
ZIZANIA. L. (American Rice.) 
sc. Calix none. Corolla 2-valved, awn- 
‘alix none. Corolla 2-valved, cu- 
Aquatic grasses, Gexseert cilia tall the summit pease pa- 
niculated, Case part of the panicle effuse, masculine, 
. upper part erect, spiked and feminine. ee: flowers ~ 
both sexes sometimes intermixed. 
Style. Cakes Seed ining ‘% 
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