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  FLORA 
  OF 
  ARKANSAS 
  TERRITORY. 
  167 
  

  

  annual 
  ; 
  stem 
  branched 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  leaves 
  thick 
  and 
  somewhat 
  suc- 
  

   culent, 
  no 
  way 
  scabrous 
  in 
  a 
  living 
  state. 
  Flowers 
  spirally 
  imbricated, 
  

   in 
  five 
  ? 
  rows. 
  

  

  Phytolacca 
  decandra. 
  

  

  Rivina 
  *portulaccoides. 
  Eacemis 
  simplicibus 
  ; 
  floribus 
  tetrandris 
  ; 
  

   foliis 
  ovatis 
  subundulatis 
  acuminatis 
  glabris; 
  caule 
  sulcato 
  herbaceo; 
  

   baccis 
  siccis. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  On 
  the 
  alluvial 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Verdigris 
  river, 
  near 
  

   its 
  confluence 
  with 
  the 
  Arkansas. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Plant 
  smooth, 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   feet 
  high 
  ; 
  racemes 
  many-flowered, 
  erect, 
  axillary 
  and 
  terminal 
  ; 
  calix 
  

   rosaceous, 
  becoming 
  green 
  in 
  the 
  fruit; 
  utriculus 
  greenish 
  and 
  juice- 
  

   less 
  ; 
  seed 
  lunate, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  convex. 
  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  R. 
  laevis. 
  

  

  SANTALACEAE. 
  

  

  Comandra 
  umbellata, 
  Gen. 
  Am. 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  157 
  (Thesium 
  umbel- 
  

   latum, 
  Lin.). 
  

  

  Hamiltonia 
  oleifera, 
  Willd. 
  (Pyrularia, 
  Mich.). 
  

   1. 
  Nyssa 
  biflora. 
  2. 
  N. 
  candicans. 
  

  

  THYMELEAE. 
  

  

  Dirca 
  palustris. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  alluvial 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Pecannery 
  settle- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

  LAURINEAE. 
  

   1. 
  Laurus 
  sassafras 
  and 
  (3 
  albida. 
  2. 
  L. 
  benzoin. 
  

  

  AMENTACEAE. 
  

  

  1. 
  Salix 
  conifera. 
  2. 
  S. 
  nigra. 
  3. 
  S. 
  longifolia. 
  

  

  1. 
  Populus 
  monilifera. 
  — 
  Abundant 
  in 
  the 
  inundated 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Arkansas 
  and 
  Red 
  river. 
  The 
  bark 
  always 
  appears 
  whiter 
  and 
  smoother 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  following, 
  and 
  the 
  branches 
  are 
  not 
  angular 
  ; 
  in 
  other 
  re- 
  

   spects 
  they 
  are 
  precisely 
  alike. 
  2. 
  P. 
  angulata. 
  

  

  Myrica 
  cerifera. 
  — 
  Hah. 
  On 
  the 
  pine 
  cliffs 
  contiguous 
  to 
  the 
  Ar- 
  

   kansas. 
  

  

  