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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



2. PuMILUS. 



A. glomerulis 



pen- 

 tandris axillaribus; fo- 

 liis ovatisjobtusisjemar- 

 ginatis, carnosis, 



rugo 



sis; caule procumbente, 



glabro. 



E. 



Flowers pentandrous 

 in axillary clusters; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 emarginate, carnose, 

 rugose; stem procum- 

 bent, glabrous. 



Rafinesque Med. Repos. 2. p. 360. Nutt. 2. p. 210. 



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Plant annual. Stem one to two feet high, procumbent and ascending, 

 what cariwse, generally purple. Leaves ovate, ribbed, succulent; with the 

 margin entire and cartilaginous, dotted, slightly glaucous underneath. F/o?^ 

 ers in sessile clusters, crowded towards the summit of the stem. Sterile and 

 fertile florets intermingled. Calyx 5-leaved, leaves oval- Filaments 5, as 

 long as the calyx. Styles 3. Capsule rugose, persistent. 



Grows on the drifting sands along the margin of the ocean, . 

 Flowers August — October. 



3. Hybridus. « 



A. racemis pentan- 

 dris, decorapositis, con- 



gestis, erectis; 

 vato-lanceolatis. 



foliis 



o- 



F 



Flowers pentandrous, 

 in decompound, erect. 



clustered 



racemes; 



leaves ovate lanceolate. 



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Sp. pL 4. p. 389. Walt. p. 232. Pursh, 1. p. 207- Nutt. 2. p. 210. 



Stem four to six feet high, furrowed, and somewhat hairy. Leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate, acute, muncronate, ribbed, pubescent, slightly scabrous, on pe- 

 tioles about an inch long. Spihes axillary and terminal, supradecompound, 

 sterile and fertile florets intermingled. Calyx 5-leaved, leaves lanceolate, 

 acutej filaments five, nearly as long as the calyx. Germ obovate, acuminate- 

 Styles two to three. Capsule rugose, circumscissed. 



Grows in cultivated grounds, very common. 



Flowers July — October. 



4, Sanguineus. 



A. racemis pentan- 

 dris, siipradecomposi- 

 lis, erectis; ramis pa- 

 tentibus, glabris; foliis 



Flowers pentandrous 

 -„ supradecompound^ 

 erect racemes; brancu- 



in 



es 



oblongis 



y 



acutis. 



expanding 



> 



la- 



brous; leaves oblong 

 acute. 



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