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flowers, however, occur, the staminate on one and the pistillate on an- 
other plant. The pistillate flowers have no floral envelope except the 
dry bracts. Both forms are grouped in slender cylindric clusters similar 
to those of the Amaranth. 
A. cannabina, L. (Fig. 7, pl. 37.) Satt Marsa Water Hemp. 
Plant 2 to 6 ft. tall, in swampy places. Leaves, lance-shaped to linear 
with long not very sharp points at apex, narrowed at base. Leaf stalk 
rather shorter than leaf. Salt marshes, New Hampshire and southward. 
Order V.—PHYTOLACCINEAE 
Herbs with simple alternate, opposite or verticillate leaves. In 
our species all without stipules Flowers regular in form, with 
both stamens and pistils. Number of stamens variable. Perianth 
of 5 parted calyx, the sepals white or slightly colored. Ovary 
of several cells composed of as many carpels, united to form a 
fleshy berry or a capsule which splits either longitudinally or 
transversely. : 
Fruit a fleshy berry . . . . , PHYTOLACCACEAE 
Heuthnacapsales. 98 <2 . . © » -, AIZOACEAE 
Famity I.—PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokrewrep FAMILY 
The general characters of the family are those of the order, 
with, in the family, a calyx which more or less resembles a corolla, 
with 5 to 15 stamens and with fruit composed of several carpels 
united. 
PHYTOLACCA, (Tourn.) L. 
The divisions of the white or pinkish calyx rounded and equal. 
P. decandra, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 37.) Pokewrep. Plant 4 to 12 ft. 
high, stem succulent, branching, the flowers shallow bell-shaped. Flowers 
arranged along the flower stem as a raceme generally 4 to 6 in. long. 
Stamens 10, shorter than the rounded sepals. Ovary of 10 cells which 
form a ring constituting the fleshy berry which, when ripe, is dark 
purple in color. The root is an acrid poison. Rich soil throughout our 
region. 
Famity IJ.—AIZOACEAE. Carper Weep FAMILY 
In our region two species only, these are prostrate, spreading 
herbs with opposite or verticillate leaves without stipules; flowers 
