FL, Keys, 20061212
Buttonwoof, few sandmats. 

Around I-9.

Close-up of hairs on stem, at 30x.  Note presence of both small white strigose hairs, and long red multicellular bristles. Cutting of stem.  Note how gland apps are rarely conspic in old age. Stipules and hairs, at 30x.  Note both small white strigose hairs, and long reddish multicellular bristles. Cluster of fruits and glands, at 30x.  Note presence of small gland appendages, distinguishing these from C. ophthalmica. 

Chamaesyce hirta [] 

In garden in back on right, right at end.  In prime bloom and fruit (not quite ripe yet). 
 GEN peren?, arching-erect plant
 ST long red septate hairy and short curly white fine hairy
 LF lance, v serr, veins sl imp, finely hairy esp bel
 STIP separate, nubbins on top to narr scale-like awls on bot
 INFL v d br'd cluster at end and last axil
gland v min, ~0.1mm, round to ellip, pinkish
apps v min, ~0.1mm, greenish, entire to bilobed
 FR min white strig, 1mm, strongly lobed, ov
 SEED prismatic, white, smooth to v faintly trans rugose

Fruits and glands, at 30x. Three fully mature seeds, at 30x.  Marks are mm.  Note distinctive color and sharp wrinkles. Two fruits, at 30x. Close-up of st in fl. Close-up of st in fl. Small reclining plant, in gravel. Close-up of stipule, at 30x.  Note that while it may be lacerate, it is still considered fused. 

Chamaesyce hyssopifolia [] 

Two perennial plants in front of I-8 at base of ixora.  In full bloom, some ripe fruits. 
 GEN peren, wiry bushy plant, one thick main stem
 ST glab to faintly pub near base, reddish
 LF oblong to ellip, rounded, glab, 10x4+1mm
 STIP 0.7-0.8mm, whitish, fused but sl erose
 INFL one per axil near ends in leafy loose infl
gland v min, 0.2mm, ellip to sl oblong, pinkish
apps pinkish, rounded, sl wider than gland, 0.2mm at most
 OV glab, def lobed, ov, 1.8mm
 STYLE split > 50%
 SEED black, coarsely retic, 1mm, glab or sl cobwebby on inner angle

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