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to linear-lanceolate: fls often sm, w- 

 mealy, scattered in sm clusters upon 

 tne slendtr open-panicled branchlets, or 

 the infl sometimes stouter and more 

 contracted: sep strongly carinate: sd 

 1-2-thirds li broad. Colo. NM. Can- 

 tilles! 



r>*>* 

 Genus 



ei,. n <i A . 

 Sclirader. 



Low branching ann herbs, with sm 

 narrow alt entire, toothed or lobed Ivs 

 and polygamous or perfect fls in sm 

 ax clusters: ex of a single persistent 

 herbaceous sep: sta 1: sty 2, slender: 

 utricle flat, the pericarp adherent to 

 the vertical sd: embryo nearly a com- 

 plete ring. 

 MONOLEPIS NUTTAL.L.IANA Greene. 



Slightly mealy when young, becom- 

 ing glabrous or nearly so; st 8-24 cm 

 hi, with many ascending branches; Ivs 

 lanceolate, short-petioled or the upper 

 sessilt 1-6 cm long, narrowed at base, 

 3 -lobed.. the middle lobe liiear or Jin- 

 ear-oblong, acute or acuminate, 2-4 

 times as long as the ascending lateral 

 ones; sep oblanceolate or spatulate; 

 utricle minutely pitted, 1 mm broad. 



Ab-rams, Fl LA 125. Cienega( Dav.j- 



Genus ATRIPLEX Tournefort. 



An or. per herbs or shrubby, often 

 scurvy-canescent or silvery, with alt 

 netiolf*n or <?ps=,ilp lv* or <amr.-> -i-m- fl 

 or monition P ^ m 

 o? \r W Pl,i,?Pr 

 branSile^ coasting 

 of n ~i r>artori OY > n H an onuai mi m 

 ber of's'ta nisfniflte fSi a JjSt!SS 

 by 2 or more P united bractllts which 

 enlarge in fr their marSS - ont^p or 

 t e o n o?l\eS, Ste'n' c^ed^r^ngedV ex 

 stig- 2: utricle completely or partially 

 enclosed by the fr-ing bractlets: em- 

 bryo annular. 



ATRIPLEX BREWERI S. Watson. 



Dioecious, stout, 1.5-2 m hi, woody 

 below. grayish-puberulent; branches 

 terete, somewhat flexuous: Ivs ovate- 

 oblong, somewhat rhombic-cuneate at. 

 base, obtuse or abruptly acute, 2.5-5 

 cm long; ex deeply 4-cleft; fr'ing 

 bracts spongy ovatt to rounded, con- 

 vex. united at the margin to the mid- 

 die. entire, 2-3 mm broad. 



Abrams, Fl LA 129. Bluffs along the 

 seashore. 



Parish. Erythea 7:91. Monica. 



Afj"*?** orbiculris S. Watson, Am ac 

 pr 1:*"7. 

 ATRIPLEX CALIFORNICA Moq. 



Finelv w-mealy; sts slender, leafy, 

 mostlv herbaceous. prostrate or 

 scrambling among low shrubs, usual- 

 ly much branched and forming a mat; 

 Ivs ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 4-12 mm long, sessile or narrowed 

 to a short netiole; staminate fls in ter- 

 minal spikes, the pistillate in axy clus- 

 ters; fr'f bracts membranous, ovate, 

 acute, entire, loosely closed over the 

 utricle but not united, 3 mm long or 



Abrams, Fl LA 129. 

 Cruz; Ro&a; Cat; Baja. 



2*0 



ATRIPLEX CANESCENS James. 



Erect and shruboy, rather strict, 

 about 8 dm ui; Ivs oblanceolate to nar- 

 rowly oblong or linear, 15-45 mm long, 

 obtuse or acutish, narrowed to th^ 

 base, entire; usually dioecious: fls in 

 panicled spikes; ex 5-cleft; fr'ing 1 

 bracts connate and indurated, not 

 SCU rv- or muricate, the wings distinct 

 and broad veined and entire or tooth- 

 ed, 4-6 mm ion-. 



James, Cat ^8 (1825). 



Type locality: "in the plains of the 

 Missouri near the Big- bend." 



Coville, CNH 4:180. 



Abrams, Fl LA 130, SBer, SD. 

 ATRIPLEX EXPANSA S. Watson. 



Southern California (Parish 1011). 



An, erec*., much branched, closely 

 and finely mealy-scurvy: Ivs triangu- 

 lar and somewhat hastate, abruptly ac- 

 ute, sessile or nearly so: staminate 

 spikes usually slender and interrupted, 

 naked above: fr'ing bracts more com- 

 pressed, sides often unappendaged, 

 strongly reticulated. SBr Co (Tor- 

 rey) : SD (Palmer); NM: So Colo. 



Abrams, Fl LA 127 Ballona marshes. 

 ATRIPLEX LEUCOPHYLLA Dietr. 

 . Dietr, Syn 5:536. 



Coast of LA Co (Parish 1125); Cruz 



(G ThrSms Fl T A 129 



n535 w'ish scurvv sts stout 3 

 .uensei' r w ibii-bcwrvy, sis &LUUU, o 



dm l n S or more > mostly prostrate; Ivs 

 thickish, orbicular or elliptic, 8-16 

 mn, long, sessile, 3-nerved; staminate 

 clusters in a dense terminal spike, 1-^ 

 cm long; pistillate fls in axy 2-3-fld 

 clusters; fig bracts completely united 

 and with a short terminal wing, glo- 



bose % 3^*^^FS?&^ 



Coast of LA Co (Pansh 1126); Cruz. 



ATRIPLEX MICROCARPA Dietr. 

 Cruz; Cat; Q U i nt in. 



Minutely and somewhat hoary pub- 

 erulent, the num r'iah branches nearly 

 glabrous; sts 15-30 cm long, spreading 

 and decumbent; Ivs oblong- or oblong- 

 ovate, 6-10 mm long, acute at each 

 end, sessile; fls in sm ax clusters, the 

 terminal ones usually more staminate*, 

 fr'inar bracts round-obovate, usually 

 less than 2 mm broau. the roundish 

 summit narowly bordered with 3-7 sm 

 herbaceous teeth, aides frequently 

 somewhat muricate or 1-nerved; seed 

 0.5 mm oroad. 

 ATRIPLEX SEMIBACCATA R. Br. 



Per; sts much branched from the 

 base, prostrate, woody below, branches 

 3-10 dm long, branchlets slender, w'ish, 

 leafy throughout; Ivs oblong-lanceo- 

 late.' tapering at base to a short pet- 

 iole rounded at apex. 2-4 cm long, 15- 

 30 mm wide, entire or commonly ir- 

 regularly and remotely dentate, -ale g 

 above, suvery beneath; staminate fls in 

 short capitate spikes terminating the 

 branchlets: fr'ing bracts about 3 mm 

 long, margins entire or minutely 

 tootned on the lateral angles, becom- 

 ine fleshy and r'ish when mature. 

 Australian salt-bush 



Wiseburn; Wilmington; Santa Ana. 



