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Descriptive Flora 



and narrowly lanceolate-leaved and sparingly branched when 

 growing on gravel banks or similar situations out of water. 

 Polygonum originates from the Greek polys, many gonu, knee, 

 from the jointed stems. 



AMARANTHACEAE. Amaranth Family. 

 Froelichia drumnwndii Moq. Cotton Weed. 



Tall, wand-like plants, 2 to 6' high, with few pairs of pale 

 thick leaves close to the ground, and long naked stems branching 

 near the end into short cottony spikes. Leaves simple, opposite. 

 Blades entire, thickish, oblong or oblanceolate, 2 — 6" long, con- 

 spicuously covered with long appressed hairs underneath, and 

 usually having a thick pinkish midrib. Flowers small, incon- 

 spicuous, difficult to analyze due to their being embedded in the 

 woolly-hairy covering of the five small sepals. Petals none. In 

 sandy soil to the south and east of San Antonio. Named for 

 Froelieh, a German botanist. 



CORRIGIOLACEAE. Whitlow- Wort Family. 



Paronychia Undheimeri Engelm. Forking Whitlow-wort. 



Low, stiff, slender-stemmed, much forked, intricately 

 branched, wiry plant. Leaves less than 1" long, very narrow, 

 mostly opposite. Flowers inconspicuous, greenish yellow. In 

 dry soil. A plant not often noticed unless one is looking for it. 

 The genus receives its name from the Gr. paronychia, swelling 

 about a nail. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 



PETIVERACEAE. Pokeweed Family. In Small's Flora. 

 Rivina humilis L. Ink-berry. 



Dark green, bushy plants with slender spikes of pretty pink 

 flowers interlacing wayside and hillside fences, bushes and brush. 

 Leaves simple, alternate. Blades 1 to 6" long, ovate, long- 

 pointed, with slightly wavy margins. Flowers pink, slightly less 



