. 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 . 5. Atriplex Nuttallii S. Wats. Nuttall's Atriplex. Fig. 1701. A. Nuttallii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 116. 1874. A finely scurfy pale green shrub, \°-2l° tall, the branches erect or ascending, rather stiff, striate or terete, leafy, the bark nearly white. Leaves oblong, linear-oblong^ or oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute at the ape55, narrowed at the base, sessile, entire, ¥
. 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 . 5. Atriplex Nuttallii S. Wats. Nuttall's Atriplex. Fig. 1701. A. Nuttallii S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 9: 116. 1874. A finely scurfy pale green shrub, \°-2l° tall, the branches erect or ascending, rather stiff, striate or terete, leafy, the bark nearly white. Leaves oblong, linear-oblong^ or oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute at the ape55, narrowed at the base, sessile, entire, ¥-2' long, 2"-$" wide; flowers in terminal spikes and capitate clustered in the axils, often strictly dioecious; fruiting bractlets ovate_ or suborbicular, united to above the middle, ii"-2i" broad, the margins toothed, the sides crested, tubercled or spiny. In dry or saline soil, Manitoba to Saskatchewan, south to Nebraska, Colorado and Nevada. 6. Atriplex canescens ( Pursh) James. Bushy Atriplex. Fig. 1702. Calligonum canescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 370. 1814. Atriplex canescens James, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (IL) 2: 178. 1825- A pale densely scurfy shrub, i°-3° high, re- sembling the preceding species and with simi- lar Flowers in short terminal spikes and in axillary clusters, commonly dioecious, sometimes monoecious; bractlets ovate in flower, united nearly to their summits; in fruit appen- daged by 4 broad thin distinct wings, which are 2"-4" broad at the middle and usually about twice as high, strongly reticulate-veined, not tubercled nor crested, toothed near their summits or entire. In drv or saline soil. South Dakota to Kansas, Texas. New Mexico and Mexico, west to Oregon and California. Sage-brush. Cenizo. July-Sept. 8. EUROTIA Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 260. 1763. Pubescent perennial herbs or low shrubs, with alternate entire narrow leaves and monoe- cious or dioecious flowers, capitate or spicate in the axils. Staminate fl
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