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2. Allionia hirsuta Pursh. 



Common in dry valleys of the sand-hills and on dry hills over the 

 rest of the state. Ainsworth; Anselmo; Hat Creek Basin; Kearney; 

 Lincoln; Long Pine; ^Nlinden; Mullen; Thedford. 



3. Allionia linearis Pursh. 



Common on dry prairies throughout the state. Alliance; Cedar 

 County; Crete; Deuel County; Fairbury; Franklin; Hastings; Lincoln; 

 Long Pine; Red Cloud; Sioux County. 



2. Abronia. 383. 



Flowers white, fruit 8-10 mm. high. 1. A. fragrans. 



Flowers pink, fruit 2-3 cm. high. 2. A. micrantha. 



1. Abronia fragrans Nutt. 



Common in the sand-hills and in the foothill regions of the western 

 part of the state. Alliance; Banner County; Benkleman; Ft. Robin 

 son; Norfolk; Pine Ridge; Sheridan County; Sioux County. 



2. Abronia micrantlia (Torr.) Chois. 



In the western part of the state. Court House Rock. 



8. AMARANTHACEAE. 



Plants green, stamens with distinct filaments, leaves alternate. 



Perianth present in all flowers. 1. Amaranthus. 



Perianth wanting in the pistillate flowers. 2. Acnida. 



Plants wooly, stamens with united filaments, leaves opposite. 



3. Froelichla. 

 1. Amaranthus. 377. 



Flowers terminal, in more or less elongated spikes. 



Sepals clawed, utricle indehiscent. 1. A. torreyi. 



Sepals not clawed, utricle circumscissile. 



Spikes 8-14 mm. thick, stem usually pubescent. 2. A. retroflexus. 

 Spikes 4-6 mm. thick, stem glabrous. 3. A. hybridus. 



Flowers all in short axillary spikes. 



Plant prostrate. 1. A. blitoides. 



Plant erect, bushy branched. 5. A. graecizans. 



1. Amarantlius torreyi (A. Gray.) Benth. 



In the western part of the state, not common. Plummer Ford. 



2. Amaranthus retroflexus L. 



A common -weed all over the state. Crete; Lincoln; Long Pine; 

 Mullen; Nebraska City; Red Cloud; Stromsburg; Wahoo; Weeping 

 Water. 



3. Amaranthus hybridus L. 



In the eastern part of the state. Nebraska City. 



3a. Amaranthus hybridus paniculatus (L.) Uline & Bray. 



Red Cloud. 



4. Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. 



A common weed over the entire state. Belmont; Crete; Hastings; 

 Lincoln; Mullen; Scotts Bluff; Weeping Water; Valentine. 



5. Amaranthus graecizans L. Tumble-weed. 

 Common all over the state, but most common in the sand-hill regions. 

 Minden; Valentine. 



