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#76
8-13-29 Plantago
Unripe fr. In sand & beach behind Inn St. Crossing
Lvs shaped like P. major but not larger than 1/2 in
x 1/4 in. Pubescent both sides v soft to touch; right.
Scapes to 2 1/2 in. high, noticeably hairy. Pyxis is
ovoid, circumsessile rather below middle. Seeds
several (7 in one counted). Calyx lobes with thick
green centers (narrow in the inner zones) v wide
decurive margins.
P. major L. G 445; BvB III 2 45 (only small in size)
8-13-29 Atriplex patula L. (or A. — var hystata Gray)
G 36 & inc in A. hystata L. BvB II/8 17. Flower very young fr.
Beach behind Inn St. Crossing (also 8-14-29 on Plate
Set. Inn v R.R. toward Bridge). Purple, to 5 in high.
Fls. in glomerules as small (tend to be mostly ♂ with
a few ♀.) Fruiting bracts show no tubercles as yet.
St. lvs. more or less scurfy v base & glomerules densely
covered with crystalline droplets. [8-19-29 Fl. young
fr. Bluffs bed months.] Buttes Bk v Highlands River.
Prostrate. Some bracts tubercled.
8-13-24 Sagina procumbens L. G 379, BvB II 51 F2. Seeds not
smooth but no glands visible (20x). Capsule about length
of sepals or not more than 1/3 longer. Sepals valves 4.