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P. Patagonica, Jacq., var. aristata (Mx.), Gray. 



Eare. Field, Southwest Harbor (Annie S. Downs); — Bar 

 Harbor (W. H. Manning). Adventive from the West. 



Division III. APETAL^. 



AMARANTACE^. Amaranth Family. 



AMARANTTJS, L. Amaranth. 



A. RETROFLEXUS, L. Amakanth PlGWEED. 



Roadsides and cultivated grounds; becoming frequent. Bar 

 Harbor ; Southwest Harbor ; Somesville ; Long Pond, etc. 

 (Rand) ; — Seal Harbor, etc. (Redfield). Adventive from Trop- 

 ical America. 



A. albUS, L. TUMBLEWEED. 



Cultivated grounds; becoming frequent. Southwest Harbor; 

 Long Pond; Seal Harbor, etc. (Rand); — field on Northeast 

 Creek (M. L. Fernald). Adventive from the South and West. 



CHENOPODIACE^. Goosefoot Family. 

 SPINACIA, L. Spinach. 



Dioecious ; flowers axillary, glomerate. Staminate flowers in 

 racemose-paniculate clusters, calyx 4-5-parted, the lobes equal. 

 Calyx of pistillate flowers ventricose-tubular, 2-3-toothed; ovary 

 ovoid, styles 4, elongated, filiform, achene included in the tur- 

 gid indurated calyx, which is often 2-3-horned on the back; 

 seed vertical and compressed; embryo annular, surrounding the 

 farinaceous albumen. Darlington, Am. Weeds and Useful 

 Plants (Rev. ed.), 274. 



S. GLABRA, Mill. 



Herbaceous, glabrous throughout; leaves sagittate, sometimes 

 oblong-ovate, entire, acute, slender-petioled ; flowers green ; 

 fruiting calyx solitary, rounded, without prickles, toothed at 



