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ACMIDA. 
the possessor of the Linnean herbarium has not 
mentioned this curious fact. 
L A. obtusifolia Raf. A . cannabina Mx. 
and all his copists. Stem angular solid, leaves 
on long petiols, lanceolate, base acute, end ob- 
tuse, panicle of spikes foliose, bracts subsessile 
capsules or fruits smooth with acute or obtuse 
angles, (leaves lanceolate, capsules smooth with 
acute angles JMx.) — In Virginia. As found fur- 
ther North, it has broad lanceolate leaves, ob- 
tuse entire, stem solid from 3 to 5 feet high, py- 
ramidal, panicles foliose. Raf. Autikon. 4. Seen 
alive. ; 
Var. retusa. leaves notched at the end. 
Var. pumila. Stem pedal simple, leaves lan- 
ceolate. 
Var. procera. Stem much branched, 5 feet 
high. 
2. A. sALiciFOLiA Raf. 1817. Stem solid, an- 
gular above, leaves on long petiols, narrow lan- 
ceolate mucronate, panicles foliose, capsules 
granular 5 unequal angles obtuse tuberculate. — 
From Long Island to Ohio near streams. Stem 
annual 2-4 feet high, leaves like willow. — Raf. 
Autikon 5. Seen alive. 
3. A. RusocARPA Mx tab. 50. Stem fistular 
angular lofty, leaves on short petiols, acute, ov- 
al lanceolate, capsules rugose with obtuse an- 
gles. The place of growth not mentioned, 
stem thick, 6 to 8 feet high, leaves acute at both 
ends. 
4. A. elltoti Raf. A. cannabina Elliot. 
Stem subfistular, slightly angular, leaves on long 
petiols, ovate lanceolate, subcrenulate, acute ; 
panicle naked, capsules with 3 to 5 angles ob- 
tuse or acute, slightly rugose. — Banks of 
streams in Carolina and Florida. Stem 4 to 8 
