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. . I. Froelichia campestris Small. Prairie Froe-lich ia. Fig. 1674. Froelichia campestris Small, FI. SE. U. S. 397. 1903. Stem stout, woolly, 2°-4° tall, the branches slender,erect-ascending, leafless above. Upper leaves linear orlinear-oblong, sessile, acute or acuminate at both ends,i-3 long, the lower spatulate or oblanceolate, obtuseor acute at the apex. 3-6 long, J-
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. . I. Froelichia campestris Small. Prairie Froe-lich ia. Fig. 1674. Froelichia campestris Small, FI. SE. U. S. 397. 1903. Stem stout, woolly, 2°-4° tall, the branches slender,erect-ascending, leafless above. Upper leaves linear orlinear-oblong, sessile, acute or acuminate at both ends,i-3 long, the lower spatulate or oblanceolate, obtuseor acute at the apex. 3-6 long, J-i wide, narrowedinto margined petioles; spikes mostly opposite, narrowlyovoid or oblong, obtuse or subacute, i-i long; fruitingcalyx with prominent longitudinal wing-like toothedcrests. In dry soil, Illinois and Minnesota to Nebraska and Colo-rado, Tennessee, Kansas and Texas. June-Sept. Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. in which this wasinckulcd in our first edition, has a hairy, not woolly stemand calyx-crests more deeply cut. It inhabits the SouthernStates and is recorded from Delaware. AAIARANTHACEAE. Vol. 2. Froelichia gracilis Moq. Slender 1675. Froelichia gracilis Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13=: 420. 1849. Similar to the preceding species but the stem slender,branched, especially from the base, or sometimes simple,10-20 tall. Leaves all linear or linear-oblong, acuteat both ends, p-a long, sessile or the lower commonlyspatulate, obtusish and narrowed into very short peti-oles ; spikes alternate or opposite, oblong, mostly obtuse,i-l long; fruiting calyx with 5 longitudinal rows ofprocesses or these confluent into interrupted crests. In dry soil, western Missouri and Nebraska to Coloradoand June-Sept. Gomphrena globosa L., the Globe Amaranth, cultivatedfor ornament, native of the Old World tropics, with denselycapitate red or white flowers, the filaments united into along tube, has been found in waste grounds in Ohio. 5. IRESINE P. Br. Civ. & Nat. H
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