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whole plant not over 8 in. long, usually less. Sea beaches 

 along the coast, and along the shores of the Great Lakes. 

 July. See also Nos. 268, 278, 419, 447, and 528-530. 



253. Sea Purslane. Sesuviwn jnaritimum. {Aizoaceae.) 

 Not hugging the ground, but merely weakly procumbent. 

 Foliage green, the leaves opposite, without teeth, broadest 

 towards the tip, which is usually notched, about ^ in. long. 

 Flowers pinkish to purplish about % in. long, solitary at the 

 leaf base. Sea beaches, and moist brackish shores. Long 

 Island to Florida. August. Fig. 253. 



254. Salt-marsh Water-hemp. Acnida cannabina. (Amar- 

 anthaceae.) A tall erect plant with partly fleshly stem often 

 I in. in diameter, sometimes reddish or yellowish. Leaves 

 alternate, narrow, pointed both ends, about 4 in. long, the 

 lower distinctly stalked. Flowers greenish, in long slender 

 unbranched clusters 1-5 in. long. Plant sometimes 10 ft. 

 high. Salt marshes, and occasionally ascending into fresh 

 water streams, N. H. to Florida. July. 



255. Low Sea-blite. Dondia maritima. (Suacda luaritima.) 

 (Chenopodiaceae.) Low rather weak branched annual herb 

 with bluish or grayish-green foliage. Leaves J/^-i in. long, 

 narrow, fleshy, broadest towards the stalked base. Flowers 

 usually solitary at the base of the upper leaves, occasionally 

 in a small cluster, not over % in. long, greenish. Seed brown- 

 ish red. On wet sea beaches, stony shores, and salt marshes 

 from Quebec southward. August. A related species, D. line- 



