120 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



ATRIPLEX, Tournefort. Orache. 



iiastata, L. Hastate-leaved Atriplex. 



Common at Salina, roadsides, marshes, shores of the lake; with all manner 

 of variations, from small erect simple plants, having rough brown seeds a 

 line in diameter, through branching specimens with shining black seeds half 

 a lino in diameter, both light-green and covered with mealy scales; and a 

 very large form with deep-green smooth leaves, seeds two lines in diameter, 



to 



Var. OBLONGIFOLIA. 



Leaves entire, broadest at the end. 



Oblong-leaved Atriplex. 

 August - November. 



SALICORNIA, Tournefort. Samphire. 



• herbacea, L. Herbaceous Salicornia. 



Salt-marshes of Onondaga lake : common at Salina, and abundant on the 

 west side of the lake opposite Liverpool. 



Many of the low grounds are covered with this plant; and in autumn they 

 are very beautiful, after a few frosts have turned them into fields of crimson. 



• August. September. 



AMARANTACE.E. 



AMARANTUS, Tournefort, 

 HYBRIDUS, L. 



"Waste grounds. 



RETRO FLEXUS, L. 



* Gardens and fields. 



t ALBUS, L. 



Roadsides, yards. 



Amaranths. 



Hybrid Amarantus. 

 August - October. 



Reflexed-haired Amarantus. 

 Common. July - September. 



White Amarantus. 

 August - October. 



POLYGOXACE.E. 



POLYGONUM, L. 



' GRIENTALE, L. 



About gardens, rubhish. 



Buckwheats. 



Oriental Polygonum. 

 July - September. 



amphibium, L. Amphibious Polygonum. 



In the lakes of the North woods a form abounds, much larger than the 

 next and apparently quite different, growing with it. 



var. aquaticum, L. Water Polygonum. 



Sander's lake, Pearson. Oneida lake. Knicskcrn. East Dry-lot pond, south 

 Herkimer county. In all the lakes and ponds from Otsego to Madison coun- 

 ties. Gray. Leland's pond, Eaton, Madison county, Bradley. Common in 

 the lakes of the north woods. 



var. terrestre, Torrey. Shore Polygonum. 



Coon Chisholm's. Schenectady, Pearson. Borders of a millpond near "Win- 

 field. Along the outlet of Owasco lake, i". H. Hall. Cayuga lake, Gray. 



Frequent. July- September. 



nodosum, Persoon. 



var. incarnatum, Gray. 

 Low banks of the Mohawk. 



' PENNSYLVANICUM, L. 

 Brooksides, marshes. . 



Nodding Polygonum. 

 Flesh -< olored Polygon um. 

 Infrequent. August - October. 



Pennsylvanian Polygon um. 

 Abundant. July - October. 



