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W ATSON- Plants of Bernalillo County 
lobes or teeth; calyx 6-cleft, inclosing the 3-angled 
achene; 3 stigmas. 
Involucre. campanulate not nerved or angled. 
Involucre 4 to 8-toothed; bracts foliaceous, 
~ - - - E.LACHNOGYNUM. 
Involucre 5-toothed, bracts not foliaceous, 
2 E. TENELLUM. 
ee cylindrical, 5 to 6-nerved and often ribbed or 
angled wn age, - -  E. wrieutu. 
E. Ltacunoeynum, Torr. Cespitose and densely 
tomentose; leaves all radical, oblong-lanceolate; the 
slender naked peduncles a foot high; involucres solita- 
ry, the bracts small, the flowers densely tomentose, 
achenes densely villous. Tijeras Canon. 
E. TteneLium, Torr. Tall, densely white-tomentose ; 
branches of the woody caudex short and erowded or 
elongated; leaves ovate or rounded tomentose on both 
sides; radical; flowers white or pinkish, glabrous, outer 
sepals broadly obovate or orbicular, the inner linear- 
oblong. Lower Sandia Mts. 
E. Wrieuti, Torr. Stems leafy, white tomentose, 
much branched and slender; leaves oblong to linear- 
lanceolate, acute, 1 inch or less long, white-tomentose 
beneath, bracts small, triangular; involucre solitary 
and sessile, loosely spicate along the ascending branches 
1-12 to 1-8 inches long with rigid acute teeth; flowers 
white or rose color, the length of the bracts, glabrous; 
achene scabous above, acute at base. Sandia Mts. near 
the base. 
2. Potyeonum, L. Knotweed. 
Herbs of late summer and autumn; flowers small 
and perfect in axillary or spicate racemose fascicles. 
Besides the one species collected there are undoubted- 
ly others in the county. 
P. avicuLaRE, L. Pigmyweed.: 
Slender mostly prostrate or ascending bluish green 
plants. In the East it oftens forms a thick turf-like 
mat on the ground, but here are only a few scattering 
plants; leaves oblong to lanceolate; 1-4 inch to nearly 
an inch long; usually acute; sepals scarcely 1-25 of an 
inch long; green with pinkish margins; stamens 8. 
Along acequias, ete. 
58. LORANTHACEAE. (Mistieror Famity.) 
Shrubbery plants, with coriaceous, greenish foilage. 
‘Ours are parasitic on Cedars. 
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