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AI.OYSIA Ort & Palav ex L'Herit Stirp A. BLITOIDES Wat, Am ac pr 12:273 



1:21 (1784). = Lippia L fide IK. USTTj. B 2:41. Ab 133. Da 15. A 



A. WRIGHTH Heller M 1:47 based on 1:217 d. 



Lippia W, G Am J Sci, sr 2, 16:98 Abrams, Fl LA 133. "Common about 



(1854). Rialto." 



AZ.SIA Sulliv. B 2:409. A. BZiXTUM L, Sp PI ed 1, 990. B 2 



A. ABrETIHA Sulliv. B 2:409. Eu. 



A. CAIiIFORBTICA Sulliv. B 2:409. Variety GRAECXZANS Moquin, DC 



A. LONGIFES Sulliv & Lesq. B 2:409. Prodr 263. B 2:41 as A. albus. 



ALSINU Scop Fl Cam ed 2, 224 (1772). A. CAZ.IFORNXCTTS Wat, B 2:41. 

 =Arenaria fide IK. "Prostrate or ascending, glabrous, 



AIiSINE L. Al:265 as Stellaria. branching at the base, the sts often a 



A. MEDIA L, Sp PI ed 1, 272. Ab 145.= ft Ig or more, with num ah branchlets: 



Spergularia media fide IK. Stellaria Ivs obovate to oblong, an i Ig or less 



media Cyrill. including the petiole, oft sm, obtuse or 



Weak 'and decumbent or ascending, acutish, with w veins and margin: fls g 



10-40 cm Ig, glab except a line of hairs or r'ish, in num sm dense axy clusters: 



along the st and branches; Ivs ovate or bract oft membranous and inconspicu- 



oval, 1-3 cm Ig, the upper sessile, the ous, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly or 



lower petioled; fls 4-8 mm broad, in not at all exceeding the utricle: sep of 



terminal leafy cymes or axy; pedicels the stam fls %" Ig; that of the fertile 



slender; sep oblg, mostly acute, Ig'er fl shorter and narrower, lateral: utricle 



than the 2-parted pet; cap ovoid, Ig'er slightly rugose, tardily circumscissile: 



than the ex; sds rough. sd %" broad. Mengea Calif ornica Mo- 



A. NITENS Greene. Ab 145. Stellaria quin in DC Prodr 13:11, 270; Wat bot 



nitens Nutt. King 296. From SD (Palmer) to Mon- 



McClatchie, Erythea 2:79. Cat. terey (Hartweg) ; near Carson City 



Very slender, erect an; sts filiform, (Anderson, Torrey): and northward in 



several times forked, pubescent below; Idaho and Ore." Wat. B 2:42. Han- 



Ivs mostly basal, the lowest ovate, acute, sons! 



about 4 mm Ig, on slender petioles of Europe; a widely distributed weed, 



about the same length, the upper ses- A. CHLOSOSTACHYS Willd, Anar 34 t 



sile, lance-linear, acute, 6-10 mm Ig; 10 f 19. Eu. B 2:41. Parish,, Z 1:125. 

 sep very acute, scarious-margined, 1-3- Spikes slender than in A. retroflexus, 



nerved; pet % as Ig as the sep or 0; linear-cylindric, more or less fiexuous, 



cap oblg, about equaling the sep. the lateral ones spreading or divaricate: 



A. PAIiUSTRE K 3:61 is Arenaria pal- whole plant com deeper g: Ivs ovate or 



ustris Wat fide Curran, Cal ac b 1:132. rhombic-ovate, acutish or obtuse: sep 



B 1:70. Z 2:3. more com acute or acuminate. Mex to 



AIiSINELLA Dill ex L Gen ed 1, 118 British Am. 



a737). = Sagina fide IK. A. DEFZ.EXT7S L, Mant 2:295. Eu. Ab 



A. CXLIATA Greene, Fl Fr 126 (1891). 133. A 1:217 d. 



M 1:50 as Sagina ciliata. Abrams, Fl LA 133. Redondo, Greata. 



ALTERITANTHERA Forsk, Fl AEgyat A ballast plant introduced from trop- 



Arab 28 (1775). A 1:216 d. ical America. 



A. ACHYRANTHA R Br Prodr 1:417. A. FIMBRIATUS Wat, B 2:42. 

 A 1:216 d. Ab 134. Da 15. Tropical "Monoecious, erect, slender, 1-3 hi, 

 Am. sparingly branched or simple, glabrous: 

 A. LANUGE7OSA T, in Emory R 150; Ivs linear, 1' or 2' Ig, attenuate into a 

 bot Mex bound 180. B 2:43 as Cladoth- slender petiole, obtuse or acute, obscure- 

 rix lanuginosa Xutt. ly nerved: fls in rather loose clusters, 

 AIiVORDIA. scattered or approximate in a Ig ter- 

 A. GIiOMERATA Br 2:175, Purissima, minal spike, which is leafy below: 

 Baja. bracts shorter than the perianth, nar- 

 AIiYSSUM L Syst ed 1, 1735. A 1:117 d. row, acute: sep of sterile fls obtuse, 

 A. CALYCINUM L, Sp PI ed 2, 908. Eu, oblong; these of fertile fls broadly fan- 

 Asia. B 1:27. Pet w or y'ish: sep per- shaped, 1-1%" Ig, with a nar thick- 

 sistent: pods 4-seeded. ened strongly nerved base, slightly 

 A. MARITIMUM Lam Encyc 1:98. Eu. united, the upper margin fimbriately 

 A 1:117 d. B 1:27. Ab 180 as Konig incised: sd round-ovate, less than 1 2 " 

 maritima. broad. Sarratia Berlandiera var. fim- 

 AMARANTHTrS L, Syst ed 1 (1735), briata T, bot Mex bound 179. Amblo- 

 Gen ed 1, 286. gyne fimbriata G 5:168." B 2:42. SD 

 Fls com monoecious: perianth of 3-5 Co; Utah and the Rio Grande; Cape San 

 divisions: bracts 3 to each fl: sta with Lucas (Xantus). 



fil spreading at base: stig com 3, form- Europe; widely naturalized; pig weed, 



ing 3 beaks on fr: sds brown or bk, A. GRAECIZANS L, Sp PI 9 90.= A. syl- 



dropping readily when ripe. Amaranth, vestris fide IK. Ab 133 cites A. albus 



A. ALBUS L, Sp PI ed 2 1404. B 2:41. L as a synonym. 



Da 15. Greene, Cal ac b 2:411, Cruz. A A. PALME HI Wat, Am ac pr 12:: 74 



1:217 d. Ab 133. Z 1:125. "Dioecious, rather stout, erect, 2 or 



McClatchie, Erythea 2:79. Cat. 3 hi, branching, somewhat pubescent 



Parish, Zoe 1:112. above or glabrate: Ivs oblong-rh/>m- 



Davidson Erythea 1:99, LA Co. boid, 1' or 2' Ig and about equalling the 



Type locality: "in Philadelphiae mar- petiole, the upper linear lanceolate: fls 



itimis." in close elongated linear spikes leafy at 



Coville, CNH 4:179. Nev, etc. base: bracts solitary, mostly twice 



