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sea level to 40 feet, and at Kerrville on the left bank of the Guadalupe, 

 on rocks thinly covered with soil, 1600 feet. 



April-June (1487) ; type locality, Mexico. 

 Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 273 (1876). 



Very abundant about Kerrville along gutters and in open lots and 

 yards. Altitude, 1650 feet. 



June 15 (1867); type locality not given, but " frequent in the valleys 

 and plains of the interior, from Mexico to N. Nevada and Iowa." 

 Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 274 (1876). 



On the left bank of the Guadalupe at Kerrville in both shaded and open 

 places but not plentiful. Altitude 1625 feet. 



June 19 (1890) ; type locality, " at Larkin's Station, San Diego 

 county, California." 

 Amaranthus retroflexus L. Sp. PI. 991 (1753). 



Common in rich ground about the streets of Kerrville, altitude 1650 

 feet. 



May 19 (1765) ; type locality, "in Pennsylvania." 



CLADOTHRIX Nutt. ; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13 : Part 2, 359 (1849). 



Cladothrix lanuginosa Nutt.; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13: Part 2, 360 

 (1849). 



Achryanthes lanuginosa Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 166 



(1833-37). 



Prostrate in the sand along the beach of Corpus Christi Bay. Much 

 branched and spreading. 



June 2 (1813) ; type locality, " secus Salt River et Red River." 



ALTERNANTHERA Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 28 (1775). 

 Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 540 (1891). 

 Achyranthes repens L. Sp. PI. 205 (1753). 

 Illecebrum Achyraniha L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 299 (1763). 

 Alternanthera Achyrantha R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. i: 417 



(1810;. 



A common weed in yards and open places in rich ground at Kerrville, 

 altitude 1650 feet. 



June 15 (1896); type locality, "in Turcomannia." 



GOMPHRENA L. Sp. PL 224 (1753). 



Gomphrena Neallyi Coult. & Fisher, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. 2 : 363 

 (1894). 



Gomphrena nitida Coulter, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. No. 2, 48 

 (1890), not Rothrock. 



