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culiar, and the name is derived from the unci- 
nate teeth of leaves. 
829. Odacmis fascicularis R. smooth, stem 
creeping angular, leaves petiolate fasciculate, 
subrenifbrm with large hooked teeth, base sub- 
truncate without teeth, peduncles of flowers 
longer than petiols. — From Florida, collected 
by Kin or Ware, anonymous in Coll. herb, 
small plant prostrate, fascicles of leaves remote 
alternate, leaves with many nerves and only 
half inch wide. Flowers greenish, sepals 4 
ovate acute, petals 4 elliptic obtuse yellowish 
not longer than calix. 
830. BUINALIS Raf. dioical. Calix deeply 
5fid persistent, base turbinate with 5 tubercles 
at the clefts, segments flat edged and crowned 
by a thick colored membrane. Corolla none, 
male fl. with 5 stamens perigynous inserted on 
the calix short filiform fertile, and 5 alternate 
sterile without anthers, sometimes lacking. In 
female fl. ovary ovate, style filiform elongate, 
stigma simple. Fruit Akena ovate smooth mo- 
nosperm. Stem articulate , leaves opposite 
sessile entire stipulate , flowers fascicled — a 
new G. of family Aciiykanthides differing from 
Amaranthides by a single style and stigma. 
It differs from my G-. Steiremis in fl. tellur, by 
dioical single calix, free stamens, <^c. It has 
the habit of Herniaria and Anychia to which it 
is also related but differs by dioical flowers and 
single style, besides the calix not angular nor 
acute & c. The name was an old latin one of 
Herniaria. 
831. Buinalis florid an a Raf. Herniaria 
Americana Colhherb. Anychia floridana Baldw r . 
do — prostrate diffuse subdichotome fuscate, 
leaves sessile cuneate or obovate, obtuse or sub- 
