^^^ PHYTOLACCE.E. ^Phytolacca, 



ATRIPLEX. Z. 



1. A, canescens (Nutt.) ; dioica diffusa argenteo-furfuracea, foliis oblongis obtusis inte- 

 gerrimis basi attenuatis, masc. florum glomernlis spicatis axillaribiis terminalibusque, 

 fcem. glomeruli's paucifloris axillaribus sessilibus quorum sepalis dorse spinoso-cristatis. 

 Nutt. Gen, Am. \, p. 197.— Calligonum canescens. Pk Am. 2. p. 370. 



Hab. Salt marshes of the Saskatchawan and of Slave River. Dr Richardsoiu T>rummond.—Yixst 

 detected by Lewis on saline hills of the Missouri. Goats are said to be very fond of it. It has been culti- 

 vated in the Belfast Botanical Garden from seeds brought home by Mr Drummond. 



2. A, patula. L, — E, BoL t 936. — var. foliis magis argenteo-furfuraceis. 



Hab. Banks of the Walla-wallah, and in the valleys of the Blue Mountains, N. W. America. Douglas. 



3. A. Uttoralis. L,—E. BoL t 708. HooL et Am. in BoL of Beech, Voy. p. 129. 



Hab. Kotzebue's Sound. Beecliey, 



4. A. angustlfolia. Sm. E. BoL L 1774. Cham, in Linn^ea^ v. 6. p. 569. 



Hab. Bay of Escholtz. Chamisso. Saline marshes of the Saskatchawan. Drummond, Newfoundland. 

 Miss J?/e?i/o«.— Perhaps merely a var. of the preceding, having the leaves exceedingly variable. 



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6. A. Gmelini (Meyer); annuum erectum viride, foliis oblongo-linearibus subinte- 

 gerrimis, calycibus foemineis herbaceis bipartitis ovato-rhombeis acutis integerrimis disco 

 laevibus. Bong. Veg. de Sitcha. p. 42. Gmel. Sib. 3. p, 72. /. 14. / 2. 



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Hab. Sitcha and Kotzebue*s Sound, Bongard, — A very dubious species, and the specimens which have 

 been kindly sent me by M. Bongard seem to be identical with those of Chamisso, which the latter author 

 describes as var. chtnsa nana of A. angustifolia, from the Bay of Escholtz. 



BATIS. Z. 



1. B.? vermiculata; fruticosa ramosissimaj foliis alternis elongatis linearibus teretibus 

 carnosis, anientis masculinis terminalibus, squamis cuspidatis. 



Hab. Common on the barren grounds of the Columbia, and particularly near salt marshes. Douglas, 

 — Four to six feet high. A very remarkable shrub, of which the male catkins alone appear to have been 

 found. These are rather more than half an inch long, clothed with peltate, pedicelled angular scales, of which 

 the upper angle is elongated into a mucro, and beneath which are 3 ? or 4? sessile 2-celled anthers. The 

 leaves are an inch to an inch and a half long, slender, fleshy and vermicular. 



Ord. LXXVII. PHYTOLACCE^. Br. 



1. PHYTOLACCA. X. 



1. P. decandra. L.~BoL Mag. A 931. Ph. Am. 1. p. 324. 



Hab. Lake Huron. Dr Todd.—0£ this, the Poke-weed, the young sprouts are, in the United States, 

 eaten like Asparagus. 



