217 



inner ones much smaller; sterile fil sub- 

 ulate, equaling- the fertile ones < 



Davidson, Erythea 1:99 LA Co, 



Davidson, PI LA Co 15. 



Abrams, Fl LA 134. Streets of LA, 

 Davidson. Native of tropical America, 

 AMARANTUS ALBUS Linn. 



Erect, subterete w'ish, with spread- 

 ing branches; Ivs long-petioied, ovate, 

 or obovate, obtuse, glabrous, light 

 green; fls polygamous in sm axy clus- 

 ters; bracts subulate, pungent-pointed, 

 much longer than tht 3 membranous 

 sep: sta 3; utricle slightly rugose, 

 larger than the sep. Eu. A common 

 weed. 



L, Sp PI ed 2, 2:1404 (1762). 



McClatchie, Erythea 2:79. Cat. 



Parish, Zoe 1:112. 



Davidson Erythea 1:99, LA Co. 



Type locality: "in Philadelphiae mar- 

 itimis." 



Covilie, CNH 4:179. Nev, etc. 

 A>IARA\*TUS BLITOIDES S. Watson. 



Sts somewhat succulent, prostrate, 

 3-6 dm lone- w'isn; Ivs glabrous, deep 

 green, shining; fls in sm axillary few- 

 fid smkelets; bracts ovate-oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, 2-3 mm long; sep 

 4-5, 1.5-2 mm long, oblong, obtuse and 

 mucronulate or acute; sta 3; utricle 

 smooth, circumscissiie; sd 1.5 mm 

 broad. 



Abrams, Fl LA 133. "Common about 

 Rialto." 



Davidson, PI LA Co 15. 

 AMAR4.NTTJS DEFLEXTJS L 



Glabrous, purplish-g, somewhat sue- 



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ing to lanceolate, subentire, 1-2 i long, 

 whiter beneath man above: fls densely 

 clustered in close spikes, panicle strict 

 and close or somewhat spreading; ex 

 about % li wide in fr, lobes strongly 

 carinate. Pigweed. White goos'efoot. 



Coville, CNH 4:179. 



Abrams, Fl LA 124. 

 \ariety VIRIDE Moq. 



Lvs bright s or very slightly mealy 

 beneath, otherwise as in type. 



Abrams, Fl LA 125. Vernon (Dav- 

 idson). 

 CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIQIDES Linn. 



St ascending or erect, 2-4 ft hi, much 

 branched, leafy, more or less glandu- 

 lar-pubescent, strong-scented; Ivs ob- 

 long to lanceolate, obtuse, subacute 

 or acute at apex, narowed to a short 

 petiole, repand-dentate, undulate or 

 the upper entire, 2-5 i long; fl-clus 

 ters dense, axy upon the branches, 

 forming a leafy spike; ex-lobes ap- 

 pressed: pericarp dectd. Eu. Frequent 

 in waste places? 

 CHENOPODIUM CALIFORNICUM S. W. 



Block, Erytnea 2:10, medicinal note 

 on root. 



Stout, erect, or decumbent at base, 

 5-8 dm hi, from a thick fusiform rt; 

 Ivs broadly triangular-hastate, trun- 

 cate or cordate at base, 3-9 cm long, 

 sharply and unequally sinuate-dentate, 

 lark g, glabrous or slightly mealy 

 wnen young; fls In dense clusters in 

 terminal spikes; ex deeply 5-toot.hed, 

 loosely enveloping the fr; pericarp 

 Persistent; ad subglobose, about 2 mm 



Bot c 2:48 (mo) . 



cm long, 1-4 cm wide; petioles slender, 

 often as long- as the blades or the low- 

 er longer; fls polygamous, in dense 

 mostly short and thick terminal spikes 

 and capitate in the axils; bracts short- 

 er than -he 2-3 oblong or spatulate 

 sep; utricle fleshy. 3-5-ntrved, smooth, 

 indehiscent, rather shorter than the 

 sep. 



Abrams, Fl LA 133. Redondo, Greata. 

 A ballast plant introduced from trop- 

 ical America. 



Genus CHFXOPODirAf Tournefort 

 K V >"' 



An or rarely per herbs, mostly in- 

 troduced weeds in \m: Ivs often w- 

 mealy sometimes glandular, alt, peti- 

 oled: fls perfect, bractless, clustered 

 in axy or 'terminal often panicled 

 spikes; ex herbaceous 3-4- or mostly 

 5-^arted; lobes usually connate or 

 crested, more or less closely covering 

 fr: pericarp membranous, closely invest- 

 ing the lenticular of subglobose, hori- 

 ontal or vertical sd: embryo annular or 

 curved around the copious endosperm. 



CHENOPODIUM ALBUM Linn. 



L, Sp PI 1:219 (1753,. Eu. 



Commonly 2-4 ft hi, erect, usually 

 paniculately branched; herbage more 

 or less light green or w-mealy: Ivs 

 rhombic-ovate, sinuate-dentate befow 

 or about the middle, uppermost vary- 



, Watson, Am ac 



)r rr 2.v- ol 1 ^ 1? Y- + /- i * *u o 



T ^ f loc ality: Cal, frorn the Sacra- 

 ento to Fort Tejon and SD." 

 CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM L. 



St angled, erect, 1-2 ft hi; herbage & 

 or nearly so; Ivs lanceolate-oblong to 

 broadl^' ovate, coarsely sinuate. 1-2 i 

 loner; fls num in dense short axy 

 spikes; ex-lobes 2-4, rather fleshy; sta 

 1-2; sds shiritng. margin acute. Eu. 

 sparing!-' naturalized. 



Abrams, Fl LA 125. 

 CHENOPODIUM MURALE Linn. 



Stout, erect, 3-6 dm hi, lower branch- 

 es usua lly spreading or decumbent; Ivs 

 3 . 8 cm lon rhombic-ovate, broadly 

 cune ate or subtruncate at base, acute 

 ^,+ anp-v ^-i^hrmics nr <5iie-btiv mpaiv 

 when^young'f b sp?kes ^paniSed ? loosely 

 fld; cx enclosing fr; sd acutely mar- 



L g p P1 j^ig (1753) Eu 



r"oville CNH 4 -ISO 



fr 1 ,, Pnmmnn i'n watstp 

 CMNOP^DIUM FREMONT s Watson 



Watson, Bot King Exp 287 (1871). 



Type locality: (from Fremont's spec- 

 imen) "on the' Nortu Plattt. 



Coville, CNH 4:179. Pandamint mtS; 



Erect, slender, branching-, V 2 -2 ft hi, 

 more or less mealy: Ivs broadly trian- 

 gular-nastate, ^i-l i long, obtuse or 

 abruptly acute, truncate or cuneate at 

 base, the upper rarely becoming oblong 



