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280. Leaves alternate. (Nos. 281-303.) 



Leaves without marginal teeth; wavy margined in some species 

 no. 287 



Leaves with distinct marginal teeth or lobes (Only shallow 

 wavy teeth in No. 285) 

 Plant provided with stinging hairs .... Wood Nettle no. 281 



Plants without stinging hairs 



Goosefoot and Strawberry Elite no. 282 



281. Wood Nettle. Urticastrum divaricatum. (Laportca 

 canadensis.) (Urticaceae.) A stout plant of rich woods, with 

 alternate long-stalked leaves provided with stinging hairs. 

 Leaves thin, oval, 3-6 in. long, pointed both ends, sharply 

 toothed. Flowers green, in a weak much-branched, rather 

 sparsely flowered cluster that appears among the leaves and 

 is much longer than the leaf-stalks. Petals none. Nova Scotia 

 and Ontario, south to Florida and westward. Rare near the 

 coast. July. Fig. 281. For other plants of this family see 

 Nos. 265, 266 and 279. 



282. GOOSEFOOT AND STRAWBERRY ELITE. 

 CHENOPODIACEAE. 



Mostly weedy herbs of waste places with alternate usually 

 coarse leaves that are often white-mealy, or hairy, and in 

 No. 285, very strong smelling. Flowers without petals, in- 

 conspicuous, usually greenish-white, in branched clusters 

 which may be terminal or arise among the leaves. There are 

 at least twelve species in the region, separated by rather 

 technical differences, of which the following are the most 

 likely to be found. 

 Flower clusters from among the leaves, and usually shorter than 



them Goosefoot no. 283 



Flower clusters usually terminal, or sometimes a few among the 

 leaves. 



Foliage mostly white-mealy; fruits dry Goosefoot no. 284 



Foliage green. 

 Foliage strong smelling; leaf margins very shallowly toothed, 



or merely wavy ; fruits dry Mexican Tea no. 285 



Foliage odorless ; leaf margins distinctly toothed ; fruit sug- 

 gesting a strawberry Strawberry Blite no. 286 



See also Nos. 250, 251, 255, 256, and 312. 



