GREEN GROUP 



The small calyx is inflated like a bladder, irregularly toothed 

 along the margin. In salt marshes. 



Marsh Samphire 



S. europaea. — This species branches more freely than the last, 

 and turns bright red in fall. Of the three flowers formed at the 

 joints, the middle one is much higher than the others. Salt 

 marshes along the coast. 



S. ambigua bears greenish flowers in clusters of threes, in a short 

 spike, springing from broadly ovate scales, the three flowers being 

 nearly equal in height. This is a perennial. 



Sea Blite 



Suaeda linearis, — Family, Goosefoot. No corolla. The fleshy 

 calyx incloses the fruit. Flowers grow in the axils of leafy bracts. 

 Leaves, long, narrow, rush-like. September to November. 



The plant lies upon the ground, or it may be erect. The 

 slender branches are mostly erect. Seashore. 



Russian Thistle 



Salsola Kali, var. tenuifolia. — Family, Goosefoot. Color of 

 leaves and outer branches, red. heaves, rigid, needle-like, tipped 

 with a prickle, clustered, long, somewhat fleshy. Calyx, 5-parted, 

 each division with a broad, strongly-veined wing, which incloses 

 the fruit. Stamens, 5, styles, 2. Flowers in axils of the leaves. 



Plant branched, bushy, an importation from Europe or 

 Asia, and a pernicious weed in New Jersey and northward. 



Green Amaranth. Pigweed 



Amaranthus retroflexus. — Family, Amaranth. Corolla, want- 

 ing. Sepals, 5, tipped with a point. Stamens, 5, awl-shaped. 

 Stigmas, 2 or 3. Bracts, 3, awl-pointed, under the flowers, which 

 are collected in dense axillary and terminal spikes. Leaves, ovate, 

 or the upper lance-shaped, pointed, long-petioled. August to 

 September. 



Coarse, ugly annuals, growing as weeds in cultivated 

 grounds. 



Thorny Amaranth 



A, spinbsas. — This is a weed more troublesome southward. 

 Staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant. A pair of 

 rigid spines occurs in the axils of the leaves, where also the fertile 

 flowers may be found. The sterile flowers form long, slender spikes 

 above on the branches. Stem, reddish, 1 to 4 feet high. 



Waste grounds near the coast. 



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