An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . -anths, witli alternate petioled thin pinnately veined leaves. Flowers small, green, 1-3-bracted,in terminal and axillary, continuous or interrupted spikes, or clustered in the axils. Stami-nate flowers consisting of 5 scarious erect i-nerved mucronate sepals longer than the bracts,and as many stamens; filaments subulate, distinct; anthers 2-celled. Pistillate flowers
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . -anths, witli alternate petioled thin pinnately veined leaves. Flowers small, green, 1-3-bracted,in terminal and axillary, continuous or interrupted spikes, or clustered in the axils. Stami-nate flowers consisting of 5 scarious erect i-nerved mucronate sepals longer than the bracts,and as many stamens; filaments subulate, distinct; anthers 2-celled. Pistillate flowers withouta calyx; ovary ovoid or subglobose; stigmas 2-5. papillose or plumose, short or fleshy and indehiscent, or membranous and bursting irregularly or circumscissile;seed erect, smooth and shining. [Greek, without nettle.] .About 6 species, natives of eastern North America and the West Indies. Type species: Acnidacannabina L. Utricle fleshy, angled, indehiscent; salt-marsh plant. i. A. cannabina. Utricle membranous, irregularly dehiscent or circumscissile ; plants of fresh wafer swamps. Utricle circumscissile. 2. A. tamariscina. Utricle irregularly dehiscent. 3. A, tuhcrculala. AMARANTHACEAE. Vol. I. Acnida cannabina L. Salt-marsh Water-hemp. Fig. 1670. Acnida cannabina L. Sp. PI. 1027. 1753. A. rusocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: ^34, pi. 50. 1803. Succulent, stem stout or slender (sometimes i indiameter at the base), usually much branched, l°-io°tall, the branches ascending. Leaves lanceolate, acumi-nate but generally blunt-pointed and apiculate at theapex, 2-6 long, i-ii wide, narrowed at the base,entire or slightly undulate; petiole u:ually shorter thanthe blade; staminate spikes I-s long, usually dense;sepals oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute, acumi-nate or obtusish, cuspidate or mucronate; fertile spikesdense or loose; stigmas slender, papillose-hispid, ilong; utricle fleshy, indehiscent, 3-s-anglcd, subgloboseor obovoid, i-2 long when matu
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