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8-19-31 Crataegus Oxyantha L. Sv XI 349, BM CP 376. I
462 BV# 159, Rm 103 = C. oxyanthoides Thill Cat II 66
BV III # 179 F.E. Bouveret. Low as desc. Floral 1 cm high.
Stylus 2. Calyx like entice but not as narrow as sug by
BV IV. Fruitlets 2 so tightly together that might be mis-
taken fr 1.
8-19-31 Panicum Cruegelli L. Sv XI 46, BV# 539 = Eclunochla
— F.E. Cat # 551, I 17, BM CP 109 = Elphimenus — Hunt
Bx 353 FL Vermifage.
8-20-31 Amaranthus retroflexus L (see 7-19-31) I Hopf. Slim
westward, perhaps on upper part of 2nd sawmill (not locus) 7-19-31)
St. Covered with short, articulate—curly hairs in pale beneath
pointed at base, 8 those with short mucronate apex. Infl of thick
compound spikes, 5 cm long in axils, terminal one similar
7 cm long. Bracts awl-pointed longer than perianth, thin &
white silvery except the broadish, rounded green mid rib; 4-5 mm long.
Perianth segs linear spicate, 3 mm x 1 mm, blunt at tip but slightly
notched with minute mucron in sinus, white except for
green midrib which does not reach to apex. Capsule olate
than perianth, wrinkled above, 3-pointed, dehiscant. Stems
& perianth divisors 5. Low alina & quite glabrous, veins strongly
marked beneath and (20x) with white deposit showing in
broken lines under skin.