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  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
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  flower 
  obovate 
  and 
  emarginate, 
  in 
  the 
  staminiferous 
  oval 
  and 
  dilated, 
  

   internally 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  lanuginous 
  ; 
  stamens 
  nine 
  ; 
  styles 
  three 
  ; 
  

   germ 
  and 
  seed 
  smooth 
  ; 
  radicle 
  of 
  the 
  embryo 
  incurved 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  most 
  extraordinary 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  flowers 
  some- 
  

   what 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  parviflorum. 
  

  

  1. 
  Rumex 
  verticillatus. 
  2. 
  R. 
  persicarioides. 
  3. 
  R. 
  acetosella. 
  — 
  

   Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Masard 
  prairie, 
  six 
  miles 
  from 
  Fort 
  Smith, 
  in- 
  

   dubitably 
  native. 
  

  

  Brunnichia 
  cirrhosa.—On 
  the 
  overflowed 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  ; 
  

   common. 
  

  

  CHENOPODEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Chenopodium 
  hybridum. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  Verdigris 
  and 
  

   Arkansas 
  rivers. 
  2. 
  C. 
  ambrosioides. 
  

  

  Atriplex 
  hortensis.- 
  — 
  Introduced. 
  

  

  Kochia 
  dentata. 
  — 
  Common 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  sand 
  beaches 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas, 
  

   and 
  remarkable 
  by 
  its 
  almost 
  innumerable 
  branches. 
  

  

  Corispernum 
  *Jlmericanum 
  (C. 
  hyssopifolium, 
  Ph. 
  Nutt. 
  Gen. 
  

   Am.). 
  — 
  In 
  similar 
  situations 
  with 
  Kochia; 
  common.f 
  

  

  AMARANTHEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Amaranthus 
  albus. 
  2. 
  A. 
  hybridus. 
  

  

  3. 
  A. 
  *tamariscinus. 
  Racemis 
  supradecompositis 
  nudis 
  erectis 
  

   glabris, 
  foliis 
  lanceolatis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  On 
  the 
  sand 
  beaches 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  

   and 
  Grand 
  rivers; 
  abundant; 
  possessing, 
  in 
  some 
  respect, 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  

   A. 
  albus.- 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Stem 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  much 
  branched, 
  and 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  every 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  perfectly 
  smooth 
  ; 
  flowering 
  

   branches 
  very 
  compound 
  and 
  destitute 
  of 
  leaves, 
  so 
  as 
  almost 
  to 
  re- 
  

   semble 
  branches 
  of 
  Tamarix 
  gallicus, 
  the 
  bracts 
  being 
  green, 
  minute, 
  

   imbricated 
  and 
  spinulose. 
  

  

  Alternanthera 
  repens, 
  Elliott. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Heads 
  of 
  flowers 
  roundish- 
  

   ovate, 
  sessile 
  ; 
  bracts 
  three 
  ; 
  calix 
  rigid, 
  5-parted, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  t 
  Camphorosma 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  excluded 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Flora, 
  having 
  been 
  inserted 
  

   without 
  sufficient 
  authority. 
  

  

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