CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 
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P. Patagonica, Jacq., var. aristata (Mx.), Gray. 
Rare. Rield, Southwest Harbor (Annie 8. Downs) ; — Bar 
Harbor (W. H. Manning). Adventive from the West. 
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Division HI. APETALAI. 
AMARANTACEH5. Amaeanth Family. 
AMAEANTUS, L. Amaeanth. 
A. EETEOFLBXUS, L. Amakanth Pigweed. 
Roadsides and cultivated grounds; becoming frequent. Bar 
Harbor ; Southwest Harbor; Somesville ; Long Pond, etc. 
(Rand) ; — Seal Harbor, etc. (Redfield). Adventive from Trop¬ 
ical America. 
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A. albus, L. Tdmbeeweed. 
Cultivated grounds; becoming frequent. Southwest Harbor; 
Long Pond; Seal Harbor, etc. (Rand); — field on Hortheast 
Creek (M. L. Fernald). Adventive from the South and West. 
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CHENOPODIACEHS. Goosefoot Family. 
SPINACIA, L. Spinach. 
Dioecious; flowers axillary, glomerate. Staminate flowers in 
racemose-paniculate clusters, calyx 4-5-parted, the lobes equal. 
Calyx of pistillate flowers ventricose-tubular, 2-3-toothed; ovary 
ovoid, styles 4, elongated, filiform, achene included in the tur¬ 
gid indurated calyx, which is often 2-3-horned on the back; 
seed vertical and compressed; embryo annular, surrounding the 
farinaceous albumen. Darlington, Am. Weeds and Useful 
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S. GLABEA, Mill. 
Herbaceous, glabrous throughout; leaves sagittate, sometimes 
oblong-ovate, entire, acute, slender-petioled ; flowers green ; 
fruiting calyx solitary, rounded, without prickles, toothed at 
