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cultivated grounds. Stem 3f or more high, with thick leaves of variable 
shape, and 2—3’ long. Flowers green, in terminal, interrupted racemes or 
spikes. It is sometimes cultivated as a pot-herb. July. § . 
2. A. paTiLa. Spreading Orache. 
St. spreading, herbaceous; Jws. triangular-hastate, acuminate ; cal. of the 
yuit submuricate on the disk—Q@ A very branching plant, 1—2f long; found 
in salt marshes, N. Y. toGa. Stem and leaves dull green, somewhat glaucous. 
Lower leaves hastate, with coarse teeth, upper ones lanceolate and nearl 
entire. Flowers in long, terminal and axillary, interrupted racemes. Sepals 
of the fertile flowers triangular, studded with tubercles in the midst. Aug. 
3. A. areNaARIA. Nutt. Sand Orache. . 
St. spreading, herbaceous; lvs. entire, oblong-ovate, subsessile, silvery- 
white beneath, upper ones acute or acuminate; fis. aggregated, axillary; cal. 
of the fertile fis. muricate, dentate, retuse—@ Grows on sandy shores, N. Y. to 
ar. Stem about a foot high, reddish, angular, very branching. Lower leaves 
often wedge-shaped. Flowers monecious, the sterile ones in short, dense 
spikes at the ends of the branches, the fertile in axillary clusters. July. 
4. A. uactniATa. Frosted Sea Orache. 
Stem spreading, herbaceous ; Jws. triangular-ovate, deeply toothed, hoary 
ubescent beneath, lower ones opposite; § tetrandrous; cal. of the fruit, rhom- 
poid, 3-veined, denticulate——@ In salt marshes, N. Y. toCar. Stem a foot long, 
mostly procumbent, mealy, alternately branched. ‘Leaves stalked, entire at 
base, covered with small, grayish scales. The perfect flowers in terminal, ses- 
sile clusters, their ovaries about 5, Pistillate flowers axillary,2—3 together. Jl. 
5. A. Hatimus. Common Orache. 
St. shrubby; lus. often subopposite, oblong-rhomboidal, entire, attenuated 
into the margined petiole.—A tall, shrubby species, 6f high, said by Dr. Muh- 
lenberg to be naturalized on the sea-coasts of N. J. Itis ornamental on account 
of its silvery foliage, and sometimes cultivated. § 
6. BLITUM. 
Gr. BXnrov, insipid; in allusion to the fair but insipid berries. 
Fls. $. Calyx 3-cleft, segments ovate, equal; sta. 1, exserted ; 
sty. 2; ova. ovoid, acuminate; seed 1, contained in the calyx which 
becomes a berry.—@® Herbaceous weeds. F'ls. and fr. m capitate clus- 
ters terminal and axillary. 
1. B. caprratum. Strawberry Blite. 
Las. triangular-hastate, toothed; Ads. in a terminal, leafless spike; fr. 
consisting of the reddened flowers, appearing like strawberries, full of a purple 
juice, taste insipid—Va. to Arc. Circle. A weed-like plant, about a foot in 
eight, branching, growing in fields, and sometimes cultivated for borders in 
the flower garden. Heads of flowers sessile, near together, on the branches and 
summit of the stem. June. f 
2. B. vircatum. Slender Blite. 
St. with spreading branches; Jvs. triangular-hastate, sinuate-dentate; glo- 
merules scattered, lateral—Fields and waste places. Stem 2f in length, spread- 
ing or procumbent. Leaves 2—3’ by 1—2! coarsely toothed, on petioles half as 
long. Flowers always in axillary clusters, never terminal. Calyx finally 
fleshy and red in fruit. Jn. 4 
3. B. MARITIMUM. 
Lvs. lanceolate, attenuate at each extremity, incisely dentate; Ads. axil- 
lary, sessile, spiked; cal. membranaceous.—@ A coarse, unsightly plant, in 
salt marshes, N.Y. Stem 1—2f high, very branching. Leaves fleshy, with 2 
or more large teeth each side. Flowers very numerous and minute, not be- 
coming red in fruit. Aug. 
7. CHENOPODIUM 
Gr. xXnv, a goose; Tovs, a foot; from the resemblance of the Jeaves. 
Calyx 5-parted, obtusely 5-angled, free, partially enveloping the 
