140 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



the apex. [For a more detailed description, see DC. Prod., 

 xiii. 2. 118.] Abundant in waste ground, Somesville (Rand). 

 Adventive from Asia. 



CHENOPODIUM, L. Pigweed. 



C. ALBUM, L. Pigweed. 



A common weed in cultivated ground, and on sea beaches. 

 Very variable. Naturalized from Europe. 



ATRIPLE2, L. Orache. 

 A. patulum, L., var. hastatum (L.), Gray. 



Sea beaches, salt marshes, etc. ; very common and variable. 

 Both prostrate and erect forms are found. 



Var. littorale (L.), Gray. 



Rare. Beach, Great Cranberry Isle (Rand). 



SALICORNIA, L. Samphike. 

 S. herbacea, L. 



Salt meadows, and muddy shores on the coast; common. 



SU-fflDA, Forskal. Sea Elite. 



S. linearis (Ell.), Moq. 

 Common on sea beaches. 



SALSOLA, L. Saltwort. 

 S. Kali, L. 



Sea beaches; frequent, especially on Cranberry Isles. 



POLYGONACE^. Buckwheat Family. 

 RUMEX, L. Dock. Sorrel. 



R. PatienTIA, L. Patience Dock. 



Rare. Dry fields near Little Harbor (Redfield). Adventive 

 from Europe. 



