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the pericarp adherent to the seed. Embryo annular about the endosperm. Differs 

 from Cycloloma in the one sepal of the calyx and the vertical seed. 



1. Monolepis Nuttalliana (E. & S.) Greene. Stem branched at the base, the 

 branches erect or ascending, 3 dm. tall or less: leaf -blades ovate to lanceolate in out- 

 line, hastately lobed, mostly 1-3 cm. long, cuneate at the base, petioled: flower- 

 clusters inconspicuous: sepals fleshy, broadened upward: utricle 11.5 mm. wide: seeds 

 sharp-margined. 



In dry or wet soil, northwestern North America to Manitoba, Texas and California. 

 Spring to fall. 



Page 387, after Atrlplex cristata,, insert : 



4a. Atriplex Lampa Gillies. Annual, pale-scurfy. Stems erect, mostly 1 m. 

 tall or less, often widely branched, the branches slender: leaf -blades hastate, or those 

 of the upper leaves lanceolate to linear, mostly 2-6 cm. long, the terminal lobe often 

 toothed: panicles elongated, glomerate-interrupted: mature bracts reniform, 3-5 mm. 

 broad, shallowly toothed, the faces veiny. Differs from A. cristata in the shallowly 

 toothed mature bracts with merely veiny faces. 



In waste grounds, Pensacola, Florida. Native of South America. Summer. 



Page 394, after AcTiyranfhes obtusi folia, insert: 



2. Achyranthes aspera L. Plant 6-14 dm. tall, copiously pubescent: leaf- 

 blades elliptic or nearly so, 7-16 cm. long, acuminate at both ends: bracts 4-4.5 mm. 

 long, abruptly long-aristate : sepals linear-lanceolate, 6-7 mm. long: utricle about 

 3 mm. long. Differs from A. obtusifolia in the acuminate leaf -blades, the narrower 

 and longer sepals and the larger utricle. 



In hammocks and waste places, southern peninsular Florida. Naturalized from trop- 

 ical America. 



Page 401, after Anychiastrum Baldwinii, insert: 



2a. Anychiastrum montanum Small. Annual or biennial, slender, minutely 

 pubescent, the branches often diffuse, 0.5-2 dm. long: leaves numerous; .blades spatu- 

 late to elliptic-spatulate, 4-11 mm. long: sepals ovate, becoming fully 1 mm. long, 

 glabrous: utricle included. Differs from A. Baldwinii in glabrous and larger calyx 

 with its scarcely cuspidate sepals and the eciliate leaf -blades. 



In dry soil, mountains of Pennsylvania to Georgia. Summer. 



Page 404, in fifth line of description of Phytolacca decandra for "1-2 cm." 

 read "1-2 dm." 



Page 404, after PJiytolacca decandra, insert: 



2. Phytolacca rigida Small. Plants resembling those of P. decandra, or 

 sometimes arborescent and becoming 6 or 7 m. tall, the stem and branches greenish- 

 purple: leaf -blades lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 7-34 cm. long: berries 10-12 mm. 

 wide, their length greater than the length of their stalks. Differs from P. decandra 

 in the permanently erect panicles and the short flower-stalks. 



In hammocks or open woods, peninsular Florida. All year. 



Page 404, before ALLIONIACEAE, insert : 



FAMILY 6a. BASELLACEAE Moq. MADEIRA-VINE FAMILY. 



Somewhat succulent vines, with tuber-bearing rootstocks. Leaves alternate : 

 blades relatively broad, often cordate, entire. Flowers perfect in spike-like 

 racemes. Calyx of 2 sepals, sometimes winged in fruit. Corolla of 5 often 

 somewhat colored petals. Androecium of 5 stamens borne opposite the petals. 

 Filaments terete or flattened, sometimes united below. Gynoecium 3-carpellary. 

 Ovary superior, 1-celled. Styles 3, distinct. Stigmas entire or cleft. Ovule 

 solitary, campy lotropous, erect. Fruit utricular. Seed with a membranous testa. 



Sepals oblong, shorter than the petals, wingless: stigmas cleft. 1. BOUSSINGAULTIA. 



Sepals boat-shaped, as long as the petals, broadly winged on the back at 



maturity: stigmas entire. 2. ANREDERA. 



