

270 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Atriplex. 



Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. \6b-Matth. A-63-Park. 748. A-Ger. 257. 

 A~Dod. 615. k-Lob. obs. 128. 3, ie. U 2.55. 1-Ger. em. 



325. 4-J. 5. ii. 97*. !-#• **• v. 32. 17-iV/. 7. 3. 



£/«« much branched, spreading, generally prostrate, smooth, 

 yellowish or reddish. Leaves, the lower trowel-shaped, the up- 

 per trowel-spear-shaped ; below very entire at the edge, above 

 variously jagged, sprinkled with a shining mealiness; mostly 



alternate 





Leaf 



very short. Valves of the seeds very large, trowel-shaped, co- 

 vered with the same mealiness as the leaves. Woodward. Female 

 flowers axillary. E. bot. 

 & Frosted Orache. Sea shores. [Near Harwich. Dr. J. E. 



Smith. Pakefield, Suffolk. Mr. Stone. Ramside opposite the 

 Isle of Walney and Rosebeck Low Furness, Lancashire. Mr. 

 Woodward.] A July> Aug* 



hasta'ta. A. Stem herbaceous : calyx valves of the female flowers 



large^, trowel-shaped, indented. 



Curt.-H. ox. v. 32* U-Pet. 7.1. 



Varies in the stem being upright or trailing ; the haw* 

 trowel-shaped and indented-toothed, or toothed, or entire. Huds. 

 Agrees with A. patula as follows : Stems angular and somewhat 

 furrowed. Leaves triangular and halberd-shaped, the appendages 

 longer or shorter, toothed or entire, the upper usually spear- 

 shaped and entire. Valves of the seeds larger than those of the 

 A. patula, flatter, and toothed only at the edges. Branches 

 often horizontal, and even bending down. Mr. Woodward* 



Wild Orache. Fat-hen. Lamb* s-quarters. On rubbish, 

 dung-hills, and in kitchen gardens. A. Aug. Sept. 



Var. 2. Stems trailing. Leaves hardly indented. Ray. All 

 the leaves oval-spear-shaped, very entire. Mr. Woodward. 



J. B. ii. 974. <:-Chabr. 306. 4~Pet. 7. 2. 



Banks of the sea marshes near Maldon, Essex. About Lon- 

 don, and on the sea-side in Selsey, in Sheppey Island. /?• Sj 1 * 9 

 [Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward.] 



pat'ula. A. Stem herbaceous, spreading: leaves somewhat trowel- 

 spear-shaped : calyx of the fruit toothed on the disc 



Matth. 560-DoJ. 61.5. 3-£oi. obs. 129. 4 j ic. L 257- 2- 

 Ger. em. 326. 7 -Park. 748. 7-H. ox. V. 32. 15-2V'' P 



5-J. B. ii. 973. 3, 4. 



* It is sometimes gathered as a pot-herb, and eaten in lieu of s P ,n * c 

 and other greens. Cows, goats, sheep, and swine eat it, but donot sec 

 to be fond of it . 



