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PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY 



ATRIPLEX, Tournefort. 



11ASTATA, L. 



Or ache. 

 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 line 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. Oblong-leaved Atriplex. 



Leaves entire, broadest at the end. August - November. 



SALICORNIA, Tournefort. 



HERBACEA, L. 



Samphire. 

 Herbaceous Salicorn ia. 



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. 



AMARANTACILE. 



AMARANTUS, Tournefort. 

 HYBRIDUS, L. 



Waste grounds. 



RETROFLEXUS, L. 

 Gardens and fields. 



ALB US, L. 



Roadsides, yards. 



Amaranths. 



Hybrid Amarantus. 

 August - October. 



Reflexed-haired Amarantus. 

 Common. July - September. 



White Amarantus. 

 August - October. 



POLYGONACEJE. 



POLYGONUM, L. 



ORIENT ALE, L. 



About gardens, rubbish. 



Buckwheats. 



Oriental Polygonum. 

 July - September. 



amphibitjm, 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, Knieskcrn. East Dry-lot pond, south 

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

 ties, Gray. Leland's pond, Eaton, Madisou couuty, 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, /. H. Hall. Cayuga lake. Gray. 



Frequent. July - September. 



nodosum, Per soon. 



var. incarnattjm, Gray. 

 Low banks of the Mohawk. 



PENNSYLVANICTJM, L. 



Brooksides, marshes. 



Nodding Polygonum. 

 Flesh-colored Polygonum, 



Infrequent. August - October. 



Pennsylvania)! Polygonum. 

 Abuudant. July - October. 



