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5. Ae retroflexus L. Pigweed. A weed commonly 1] m. tal or mor 
erect, simple or branched, lightly pubescent throughout or villous in the 
inflorescence; leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate, commonly 5-8 cm. long, acute 
or obtuse, cuneate at base, pater-peneath>—the- mersin-onti 24 
ereaded, petioles 5-5 cm. lone $ klenderf spikes} d-5 cm. long, 1 cm. in diameter, 
green; bracts subulate, spinose, 4-6 mm. long; flowers monoecious, stamens 5, 
sepals 5; utricle rugose in the upper half, shorter than the sepals. 
A frequent weed in waste places; naturalized from Europe. >, 
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