PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Atriplex. 269 



3-Pet. 7. lC-Lih. obs. 129. 1-Ger. em. 325. 2-Parh 

 754. 2. 



J Leaves sometimes in the more luxuriant plants with a large 



tooth on one, and sometimes on both sides. Dr. Stokes. Stem * i 



square, bright red. Seeds reddish. Curt. Leaves egg-spear- 

 shaped. Stamens very evanescent ; it is rare to be met with 5 ; 

 sometimes there are only 3, often but 1 or 2, frequently none. 



Upright Elite. All-seed Goosefoot. Cultivated ground and 



dunghills. [Generally in turnep fields. Mr. Woodw 



July 



C. Leaves awl-shaped, semi -cylindrical. imiillimii 



Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. 63S-F/. dan. 48S-ZW. 81. 2~Ger. em. 

 535. 3-ParL 27$. 2-Lot'. ad. 1JO. l-Pet. <J. I. 



Leaves accurately semi-cylindrical. Mr. Woodward. 

 Branches alternate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Style single. 

 Summits 3, pink-coloured. Seeds glossy. 



Small White Glass<wort. Small Glassvuort. Sea Goosefoot \ 



Sea Shore. [Salt Marshes, Mr. Woodward.] A. Aug.* 



des. 



ATRIPLEX. Bloss. none. Flowers some herma- 

 phrodite: others fern, on the same plant. 

 Herm. Calyx 5 -leaved : seed I, depressed, up- 

 right. 

 Fern. Calyx 2-leaved ; seed 1> compressed. 



A. Stem shrub-like: leaves inversely egg-shaped. portulacoi'- 



E. hot. <l6\~Dod. 771 . \~Ger. em. 523. Q-Matth. l6Q-J. B. 

 i. b. 228-Knij>h. 2-Clus. i. 5A-Lob. obs. 213. 1 ; k. i. 

 392. 1-Ger. em. 523. Z-Park. 724. l-Pet. 7. J. 



Stemzxxd branches usually declining. Leaves sea-green, the 

 young ones spear-shaped, and strap-spear-shaped. Bunches branch- 

 ed, terminating, and from the bosom of the upper .leaves, with a 

 few small leaves iuterspersed. Mr. Woodward. Whitish. Spikes 

 greenish purple. 



Shrubby Orache* Sea Purslane. Sea shores on a clayey 



soil. S. July, Aug. 



A 



gular and 



* An excellent pot-herb.— The Pbalana LubrldpeJa feeds upon mo$t 

 «f the species. 





