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wood is hard, beautifully veined, much valued for cablnet-rnal.cr's 

 work, and was formerly still more highly prized for making into 

 bows ; and on that account is said to have been planted so fre- 

 quently by our ancestors in churchyards. 



XXIII. POLYGAMIA. 



1. MONCECIA. 



1. Atriplex. Perfect ft. Perzon^A single, 5 -partite, inferior. 

 Stam. 5. Style bipartite. Fruit depressed, I -seeded, covered 

 by the cal. 



Fistilliferozis ft. Perianth single, 2-partite. Stam. 0. 

 The rest as in the perfect fl. 



1. MONCECIA. 



1. ATRIPLEX. 



1. A. poriulacoides {shruhhy Orache or Sea Purslane) ^ stem 

 shrubby, leaves obovato-lanceolate entire silvery white. 

 Lightj. p. 635. £. B. t. 261. 



Hab. Sea shore, in muddy places. Near Hellensburgh, Hopk. Fl. 



Aug. T^. 

 One foot to two feet or more high, with small yellowish flowers, in 



axillary racemes. 



2. A. laciniata {frosted Sea Orache), stem herbaceous diffuse, 

 leaves ovato-deltoid dentato -sinuate very mealy beneath. 

 Light/, p. 626. E.B.L\65. 



Hab. Sea shores, not uncommon. Fl. Aug. ©. 

 Whole plant hoary. Flowers axillary, 2 — 3 together. 



3. A. patula {spreading Halberd- leaved Orache), stem herba- 

 ceous spreading, leaves triangular hastate glabrous above; 

 irregularly toothed the upper ones entire, perianth of the fruit 

 more or less tuberculated at the sides. Lightf. p. 636 {A. pa- 

 tula). E. B. t. 936. 



Hab. Cultivated ground and waste places, frequent, FZ. July. ©• 

 Staim straggling J branches long, striated. Flowers in smal! clusters 

 upon long interrupted axillarv spikes. 



4. A. angmtifolia {spreading narrow-leaved Orache), ^' stem 

 herbaceous spreading, leaves lanceolate entire the lower ones, 

 somewhat hastate, cal. of the fruit hastate slightlv tuberculated 

 at the sides." Sm. Ugktf.p. 637 {yl. patula). E. B. I, 1774. 



Hab. Waste places, dunghills, &-c. Fl. July. O . 



I'his seems to be but a narrow-leaved var. of the preceding. 



5. A. littoratis {grass-leaved Sea-Orache), stem herbaccoib 

 erect, leaves all hnear entire or toothed, perianth of the fruit 



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