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 Chenopodium amtarosioides, L., var. anthelminticum, Gray. 



(WORMSEBD.) 



Common in Lynn where it seems thorouglily established. (Nat. 

 from Trop. Am.) 



Blitum maritimum, Nutt. (Coast Elite.) 



"Near the mouth of Saugus river" (Dr. Chas. Pickering). "An- 



nisquam" (Mrs. Downs). 

 Blitum eapitatum, L. (Stea-wbeery Bute.) 



A native of the west, cultivated and perpetuating itself by seeds in 



gardens and yards. 



Atriplex patula, L. 



Common near the seashore and on the islands in Salem harbor. 

 Var. littoralis. 



The leaves are narrow. 

 Var. hastata. 



The leaves are halberd-shaped. Both forms are common. 

 Atriplex arenaria, Nutt. 



Salisbury, Beverly, Plum Island, Lynn (Tracy). Frequent. 



Salicornia herbacea, L. 



Salt marshes. Common. 

 Salicornia Virginiea, L. 



Similar places to the last. Common. 

 Salicornia fruticosa, L., var. ambigua, Gray. 



"Gloucester, Dr. Chas. Pickering, 1824"(Oakes in Hovey's Mag., 



Vol. XIII) ; Lynn marsh, 1875 (J. E.). 



Suseda maritima, Dumortier. Chenopodina of authors. (Sea 

 Elite.) 



Very common on marshes and wet places near the seashore. This 

 plant is so variable that it seems as if more than one species grew 

 here, or at least good varieties might be described. In a letter 

 written July 15, 1875, Dr. Pickering says of this species "Chenopodina 

 Americana not more than a foot high growing in the wet salt 

 marsh and not in the sand, the stem simple or with few branches, 

 root perennial." 



Salsola Kali, L. (Common Saltwort.) 

 In sand by the seashore. Common. 



AMARANTACE^. 



(Amaranth Family.) 



Amarantus retroflexus, L. 

 A common weed. (Probably adv. from Trop. Amer.) 



