MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. ^ 581 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 390. Pursh, 1. p. 207. Nutt. 2. p. 210. 



Stem naked. Racemes terminal, erectj the lateral and the partial ones 

 expanding. Leaves lurid on the upper surface, entirely red Snderne""h! 



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" Grows in cultivated grounds, Virginia to Carolina. Purslu 

 r Jowers July— August, 



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5. HlPOCHOiADRIACUS. 



A. 



f 



racemis pentan^ 1 Flowers peiitandrous, 



dris, compositis 



con 



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fertis erect is ^ 



longo lanceolatis, mu 



cronatis. 



in compound, crowded. 



foliis ob- 1 erect racemesj leaves 



obJon 



lanceolate, mu- 



cronate. 



Sp. pi 4. p. 392. Pursh, 1. p. 207. Nutt. 2. p. 210. 

 lart" l" 1?^"" ^T" '°'j'^; ^^^\i^kK glabrous, furrowed. Leaves long, 

 ZfJTT ' f ' f^'"^' ^T'^ ^" '^' "PP^'- ^"^^«^^» generally purple 



fert 1 fl 7' °"t ^"? Tf"% ^''''"''' ^^^'^'-^^^ paniculate. Sterile S.d 

 fertile florets mterm.ngled. C«/^^ s-leaved, leaves very acute, bright pur- 



Ca?oir^ ^" cultivated ground, not indigenous, at least io the low country of 

 Flowers June— October. ■ 



6. SprNosus. 



A. 



J 



racemis pentan- 1 Flowers pentandrous, 



dirs:, terminalibus, com- 

 positis; axillis spinosis. 



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in compound, terminal 

 racemes J axils spiny. 



Sp. pi. 4, p. 59" 



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Walt. p. 232. Pursh, 1. p. 208. Nutt. 2. p. 210. 



lour d'* ^^r** ^° '^*'"^^ '^*^^' ^^'S^' diflusively branched, glabrous, generally co- 

 sli?htl , '^""^* lanceolate, rather obtuse, mucronate, entire, glabrous, 

 ous «^ gjaucous underneath. Petioles as long as the leaves, with two spin- 

 Der fl 'P^"^^ ^^ ^lieir base. Spilies compound axillary and terminal, the up- 

 acut S^^ generally sterile. Calyx five-leaved, the leaves lanceolate, very 

 ic, tiiamcnts five, longer than the caly.\-. Styles three. Capsule ovate, 

 fansparent, somewhat persistent. ' 



^ very common weed around buildings and in cultivated land. 



J lowers June— October. 



col.Prf ^^""-J T*^'"^^ °^ ^^"^ S*^""^ ^^'^ l^v" l^^lvcs of the capsule appear to 

 S€ed^ f "^''y ^'^^'^ '^'^"^•^"J '"" ^'"^'^'■^ '^"^ 'm^^^ lialf falls as soon as the 



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