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A. CONFEiniFOI-IA. 

 HVMENELYTIiA. 



iMpmhnnous or spongy, not nuiricate nor niargineil 



iMoiKtcious, herbaceous ajid procumbent, lealy : leaves sessile, tlie 



lower opiTOSite. K a r 



Dicecious, ereet and shrubby: spikes in naked panicles: leaves ^^^'^o^^^< 



]ietiolcd, ovate to triangular-hastate 

 Branches terete, divaricate, rarely spinescent : bracts compressed, 



united to above the middle. ' K! \ ,,vr,.. 



Branches angled, spinescent : bracts compressed, distin.t. i r' V T Z, , . ,•' v'. '' ' 



Branches terete, unarmed: bracts convex, uinted to the mid.lie Is" a' Hi.Fv't,; 

 fruiting bracts large, thick and scurly, united at base, not mu.i'ate '5'-^-"^'='- 



the rounded margins free and entire : erect shrubs 

 Bracts sessile: leaves ovate to oblanceolate, entire, nearly sessile ]<» A 



Bracts ].ed,cellate : leaves rounded, acutely dentate, i.etioled. 2(»' A 



I'liiiting bracts connate, not scurfy nor niuiicate, with four distinct 

 .loa.l veined and entire or toothed wings : erect shrub, with ob- 

 lanceolate to linear leaves. 21. A. canksckns. 



* MomrrlousarmuaL,, mostly erect, hranchuuj, somewhat sucmlent and meal,,, 

 haves trmngiilar-hasfate, at least the lower ones, rather larae : bracts distinct 

 or vearh, so,ovnte-ohJong to hroadhj trianfjnlar or hastate, the marain and 

 apc.r vsualbj foliaceous in fruit : radicle inferior or ascending. 

 1. A. patula, Linn. Usually stout, decumbent or erect, 1 to 4 feet \\vA^ dark 

 green and smooth or somewhat mealy : leaves lanceolate to broadly triangular- 

 hastate, ol)tu.se or acute, entire or coarsely sinuate-toothed, 1 to 4 inches lon<'°i)eti- 

 oled, the lower opposite : flower-clusters dense, in naked sj.ikes or panicles usually 

 argely pistillate : staminate caly.x small, 5-paitod : bracts ovate-rhombic to broadly 

 triangular or hastate, very varialile, often Ijccomiu- 3 to G lines long, mostly sessile 

 tlie mar-in usually foliaceous, entire or toothed, the sides sometimes muricate • seed 

 dark, about a line broad : radicle lateral. 



species common to this country and the Old World, ranging across the 



based ujion the various forms of the plant 



2. A. phyUostegia, Watson. Erect, I to 1 \ foot hi-h, scurfymealv or at len-'th 

 Klahious : leaves alternate, rliombic-ovate to triangular or hastate V to 2 inches 

 long, acute or acuminate, entire or sparingly sinuate, the lower on slender petioles • 

 llowers nearly (iKecious, mo.stly axillary: staminato caly.x r)-parted, a line broad- 

 bracts liiiear-lanccolate to cordate-ovate, acute or acuminate, becomin- 2 to G lines 

 long and 2 hues wule, sessile or pedicellate, foliaceous ; the si.les .<^omewhat indu- 

 rated in fruit, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves often bi-tuberculate and srion^v : pedicels 

 broader and often spongy alx.ve, 3 lines long or less : styles included : seed brown- 

 is i, scarcely J hue broad: radicle nearly superior. — j{ev. Clienop. 108. Ohione 

 plij/lloste'jia, iorrey; Watson, 15.,t. King Kx]). 291. 



Hillsicles an.l valleys, in subalkaline soil, in Southern California nn.l AVestcrn Nevada- Mo- 

 have A alley ( ..V'f') ; I'-ar Ojai, IWH.nn. Apparently nearly „s variable .-.s the last ; very 

 ilistinctly marked in Iruit. 



3. A. spicata, Wats-.n. Stout, ereel, 2 f.-et high, mealy : I.«avos alternate, 

 rhombic-ovate, acute, coarsely and irregularly sinuate-toothed, about 2 inches loii"' 

 attenuate to a short petiole: llowers mostly staminate, in dense axillary and terniin.al 

 naked and somewhat ])aniclpd .sj)ikes : staminate calyx large, 4-parte<l with l)road 

 rounded lobes: bracts nearly concealed bv the male' flowers, IJ lines long, ovate- 

 oblong, apparently not greatly enlarged in fruit: styles long and ex.^ertedT nearly 

 - ature seed | line broad : radicle inf(!rior. — IJev. Ohenop. 108. 



San Joa.iuin Valley, east of Mount Diablo, in alkaline soil, Iheurr. Sparinglv collected ami 

 iture sjiecimeiis unknown. " " ' 



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