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margins, not wliolly includtil in the open and even calyx. — "Waste places, 

 Columbia, South Caroliua, Elliott, and northward. — Stem G'- 12' high. 



* * Perennial. 

 5. C. Anthelmintieum, L. (Worm-Skfd ) Stem stout, erect, branch- 

 ing; leaves obloiii^ or huucolatc, acute at each end, sharply toothed ; flowers in 

 narrow panicles terminatiiijz; the branches ; seeds with obtuse margins, smooth 

 and shining, included in the even calyx. — "Waste grounds, Florida, and north- 

 ward. — Stem 2° -3° high. 



2. ATRIPLEX, L. Or.vche. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious, cither similar to those of Chenopodium, or 

 the fertile flower destitute of a caly.x, and enclosed in two ovate or riiombic sep- 

 arate or partially united bracts. Seed vertical, lenticular. Embryo forming a 

 ring around the copious mealy albumen. Radicle inferior. — Herbs, commonly 

 coated with scuify or silvery scales. Leaves alternate or opposite, oftener has- 

 tate or angled. Flowers in dense spikes. 



1. A. hastata, L. Stem angled, diffusely branched ; leaves petioled, com- 

 monly nearly opposite, hastate or triangular, somewhat toothed, and, like the 

 branches, .more or less scurfy ; fruiting bracts triangular-ovate or rhomboidal, 

 entire or toothed below, smooth or muricate within. (A. patula, Ell.) — Sea- 

 shore, South Carolina, Elliott, and northward. June -Sept. — Stems 1^-2° 

 long 



3. OBIOTTE,* Gffirtn. 



Chiefly as Atriplex, both in character and habit ; but the two indurated hracts 

 more or less united, often toothed on the edges and crested on the sides, and the 

 radicle superior 



1 O. arenaria, Moquin Plant coated with silvery scales ; stem branch- 

 ing from the base, a.scending ; lowest leaves opposite, obovate, entire, tapering 

 into a petiole, the others alternate, nearly sessile, lanceolate or oblong, acute, 

 wavy and slightly toothed ; sterile flowers in close terminal spikes ; the fertile 

 ones in axillary clusters ; bracts 3-toothed at the summit, and with two mostly 

 toothed knobs at the sides. (Atriplex arenaria, iVu«.) — Drifting sands along 

 the coast, Florida, and northward. July -Sept. (l)— Stem l°-2° high. 

 Leaves 1'- H' long. 



2 O. cristata, Moquin, Plant scurfy, green ; stems diffusely branched ; 

 leaves oblong, mucronatc, petioled, denticulate, green above, paler beneath ; 

 bracts roundish, acute, somewhat spiny-toothed on the margins, and with 2-4 

 roundish knobs at the sides. — Sandy shores, South Florida. — Stem I"-!!'' 

 high. Leaves |'- 1' long. Flowers clustered. 



4. SALICORNIA, Toum. Samphire. 



Flowers perfect, lodged in excavations of the thickened upper joints of the 

 stem, spiked ; calyx thin, with a denticulate border, at length spongy, and stir- 

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