118 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



a. BM'TUM, Tourn. ELITE. 



B. capita'tum, L. (STRAWBERRY BLITE.) Stem ascending, 

 branching. Leaves smooth. The axillary head-like clusters very 

 conspicuous in fruit. Dry soil, margins of woods, &c. 



3. AT'RIPLEX, Tourn. OBACHE. 



A. pat'ula, L. Erect or diffuse, scurfy, green or rather hoary. 

 Leaves varying from triangular or halberd-shaped to lance-linear, 

 petioled. Streets of towns. 



4. CORISPER'MUM, Ant. Juss. BUG-SEED. 



C. hyssopifolium, L. Somewhat hairy when young, pale. 

 Stamens 1 or 2. Styles 2. Fruit oval, flat. Sandy beaches, 

 western and south-western Ontario. 



ORDER LXXIII. AMABANTA'CE^. (AMARANTH F.) 



Homely weeds, a good deal like the plants of the last Order, 

 but the flower-clusters are interspersed ivith dry and chaff-like (some- 

 times coloured) persistent bracts, usually 3 to each flower. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Amaran'tus. Flowers monoecious or polygamous, all with a calyx of 3 or 



5 distinct erect sepals. 



2. Monte'lia. Flowers dioecious; calyx none in the pistillate flowers. 



1. AMARAN'TUS, Tourn. AMARANTH. 



1. A. panicula'tllS, L. Reddish flowers in terminal and axil- 

 lary slender spikes, the bracts awn-pointed. In the neighbour- 

 hood of gardens. 



2. A. retroflex'us, L. (PIGWEED.) Flowers greenish, in spikes 

 forming a stiff panicle. Leaves a dull green, long-petioled, ovate, 

 wavy-margined. Stem erect. Common in cultivated soil. 



3. A. albllS, L. Flowers greenish, in small close axillary clus- 

 ters. Stem low and spreading. Roadsides. 



3. MONTE'LIA, Moquin. 



M. tamaris'cina, Gray. A tall smooth herb, with lanceolate 

 or oblong-ovate alternate leaves on long petioles, and small clus- 

 ters of greenish flowers in interrupted spikes. Wet places. 



