No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 169 



Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq. (very narrow), 



Dondia americana Britton, not Salsola salsa, var. americana 



Pers. 

 Tall Sea Elite. Seaside Goosefoot. 



Frequent on stony shores along the coast, about salt 

 marshes and near tidal rivers. Aug. — Sept. 



SALSOLA L. Saltwort. 

 Salsola Kali L. (Arabic name). 

 Common or Prickly Saltwort. 



Frequent on sandy shores of the Sound. July — Sept. 



In Europe this species was formerly gathered and burned 

 for soda to be used in the manufacture of glass. 

 Salsola Kali L., var. tenuifolia G. F. W. Mey. (fine-leaved). 

 Salsola Tragus oi authors, but scarcely of L. 

 Russian Thistle. 



Rare. Waste ground and along railroads : Hartford (H. S. 

 Clark & Bissell), Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Naugatuck 

 (B, B. Bristol), Ansonia (Harger), Bridgeport (Fames), 

 July — Sept. Adventive from the West or from Asia. 



The plant is a native of Asia, but is now a very trouble- 

 some weed in some parts of the West. It should always be 

 eradicated on its first appearance. 



AMARANTHACEAE, AMARANTH FAMILY. 



AMARANTHUS L. Amaranth. 

 Amaranthus retroflexus L. (bent backward). 



Pigweed. Amaranth. Beet-root. Green Amaranth. Rough 

 or Common Pigweed. 



Common. Waste places and cultivated ground. July — 

 Oct. Naturalized from tropical America. 

 A bad weed in cultivated ground. 



Amaranthus hybridus L. (mongrel). 



Pigweed. Slender Pigweed. Green Amaranth. Careless. 



Frequent or common. Cultivated ground and waste places, 

 July — Oct. Naturalized from tropical America. 



The forma hypochondriacus (L.) Robinson (curing 

 melancholy), Amaranthus hypochondriacus L., Prince's 



