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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 955. Pursh, 1 . p. 114. Nutt. 2. p. 208. 
Stem twelve to fifteen inches high, striate, very pubescent. Leaves al- 
ternate, linear lanceolate, with a long nearly acute summit, dotted, pubescent 
particularly along the veins and margin, tapering at base to a petiole about 
half an inch long. Flowers in compact axillary clusters. Female and Her- 
maph. intermingled. Two hermaph. and one female floret generally en- 
closed in a six -leaved involucrum. Leaves of the involucrum oblong, his- 
pid. Calyx oblong, persistent, the segments uniting and forming a cover 
for the seed. 
Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia. Sent me from 
Augusta by Dr. Leavenworth. 
Flowers May — July. 
2. Floridana. Nuttall. 
P. foliis rotundato- 
ovatis, obtusis, opaco- 
punctatis; floribus glo- 
meratis, involucrum 
aequantibus; caule as- 
surgente. 
Nutt. 2. p. 208. 
Leaves ovate, near- 
ly round, obtuse, opake, 
dotted; flowers cluster- 
ed as long as the invo- 
lucrum; stem assurgent. 
Stem tw r elve to eighteen inches high, decumbent, with the branches erect, 
pubescent near the summit, sometimes nearly glabrous at base. Leaves 
oVate, dotted, pubescent, sometimes nearly round, sometimes abruptly acu- 
minate, but still obtuse, on petioles as long as the leaves. Flowers in axil- 
lary clusters, not generally so crowded as in the former species. Leaves of 
the involucrum nearly linear, not longer than the flowers. 
Grows in sandy soils when damp. Common along the sea coast of Caro- 
lina and Georgia. First sent me from Florida by Dr. Baldwin under the 
name of P. lucida. 
Flowers May — October. 
ATRIPLEX. Gen. Pl. 1577. 
Hermaphroditi Ca- 
lyx 5-phyllus. Corol- 
la 0. Stamina 5. Sty- 
lus 2-parti tus. Semen 
1, depressum. 
Herm.Jlorets. Calyx 
5-leaved. Corolla 0. 
Stamens 5. Style 2- 
parted. Seed 1, de- 
pressed. 
