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Chenopodium ambrosioides, Z., var. anthelminticum, Gray. 
(WORMSEED. ) 
Common in Lynn where it seems thoroughly established. (Nat. 
from Trop. Am.) 
Blitum maritimum, Nutt. (Coast Bure.) 
‘“‘Near the mouth of Saugus river” (Dr. Chas, Pickering). ‘‘ An- 
-nisquam” (Mrs. Downs). 
Blitum capitatum, Z. (STRAWBERRY BLITE.) 
A native of the west, cultivated and perpetuating itself by seeds in 
gardens and yards. 
Atriplex patula, LZ. 
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 Virginica, 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. R.). 
Sueceda maritima, Dumortier. Chenopodina of authors. (SEA 
BLITE. ) 
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, Z. (Common SaLtTwort.) 
In sand by the seashore. Common. 
AMARANTACEA. 
(AMARANTH FAMILY.) 
Amarantus retroflexus, L. 
A common weed. (Probably adv. from Trop. Amer.) 

