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43. Pe jlapathifolium L. Jater Smeartiweed. Annual, stems crect, 30-60 cm, 
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tall, branching above; leaves 5-15 cm, long, narrowly lanceolate, very acute 
or lightly acuminate, narrowed at the base, glabrous or lightly pubescent, 
more or less glandular punctate; ocreae cylindrical, 1-2 cm, long, rather 
loosely clasping, several-veined, truncate, frequently ciliolate but without 
a fringe of bristles; oEripayy penicle composed of several slender racemes 
2-6 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide; bracts ovate, 2-3 mn, long, mostly acute, neither 
vunctate nor bristly; flowers whitish, tinged with rose, 2-2.5 mm, long, 
the segments 5, ovate; stamens 6, style 2- or 3-cleft, both included; achene 
lenticular, broadly ovoid, 2 mi. broad or less, black and shining, 
iludéy ground in oven places below S0U0 ft. Apparentiy introduced from 
Burovee St. waries; iriest Re bxpe sta., 2700 ft. 
var. incanum Koch, Similar.but dwarfed, the leaves whitish beneath,™Sandvoint, 
Christ 671; Pack R., Christ 539, 
